One more time up the hill with the bike
I have never dropped a motorcycle at a rolling pace. However during my life I have probably dropped a big bike four or five times when stopped. This is when the bike is the heaviest and the hardest to balance. When the bike goes down you either tick and roll away from it or it sits on top of you. When a motorcycle is sitting on top of you and you squeeze out from underneath it you hope that nothing is broken. The motorcycle engine guard saved my legs again. This is why I feared going up and down the very steep gravel slow at the Airbnb.
One last time up the hill with nothing packed on my bike and no passengers attached. We brought all of our luggage up to the top of the hill and put on the luggage at the crest of the hill.
Detour to shed 30+ pounds of excess weight
Alice was very wise to forcefully demand that we lose some weight on our motorcycle for our trip back to Delray Beach. We packed up about 35 pounds of stuff and had to detour around to find the UPS store in Charlottesville. Alice was right the motorcycle was much easier to handle. Thank you Alice!
Drive to Washington DC
We drove to Washington DC from Charlottesville without stopping and it took about 2 1/2 to 3 hours. The drive was beautiful rolling hills and certainly a motorcycle riders dream ride. I'm going to miss those rolling hills when we get back to the flat straight roads of Florida.
Back to an old familiar fantastic hotel in Alexandria
We liked our location and hotel so much in Alexandria we decided to stay in the very same place. A Hilton Hotel with a TV which was perfectly located right across the street from metro rail. We both highly recommend this hotel at this location for those who want to visit Washington DC even if you don't come with a motorcycle.
Dinner date at Le Diplomate
We decided to go to another restaurant recommended by Alice's friend Liz. We were not disappointed. This fantastic French restaurant located in urban Washington DC. We had lobster risotto and mushroom tart. Yummy. I really loved the ambience and decor of this restaurant ... very cool place to visit in addition to the fantastic food. Lots of energy and excitement in this restaurant and we had notice ages of all kind. As matter fact we were so impressed with the energy and excitement of the surrounding neighborhood. Great pictures will come after I get back!
Just another Tom and Alice day
Tomorrow we get on the auto train for a 14 hour drive and will hopefully arrive back in Delray Beach Thursday afternoon
