Yesterday morning we got off the train in Lorton Virginia. It did not take long to get our motorcycle. I was sad to see a motorcyclist fall down as he was departing the ramp. I believe his ego was hurt the most. Amtrak autotrain experience was so awesome.
We checked into the Hilton hotel in old town Alexandria and got upgraded to a beautiful room on the executive floor. Alice is all about upgrades.
Next stop was a 20 minute motorcycle ride to our first home base at a Hilton Hotel in Alexandria Va. Our first day in Alexandria was an eye-opener as to the impact of Covid in a city like this.
For lunch we decided to drive down to the river in old town Alexandria. Right when we started to ride it started raining on us. It was not only rainy but it seemed like it was 100° and 100% humidity. We will stop complaining about the Florida summer heat and humidity. We got off the Harley and both of us put on our new rain suits. The rain suit still had the price tags hanging on them and Alice got her first attempt at putting on a rain suit in the rain. It's not an easy thing. Just to get your feet in the pants past your boots is the biggest hurdle. As soon as we got the rain suit on it stopped raining and we took the rain suits off. We then had a nice time at the river front (Potomac River) and took some beautiful pictures in the 100% humidity. For those few fans of my photography you will see those at a later time. You may even find a few prints on my walls in Delray Beach Florida.
Alexandria seemed like a ghost town. Beautiful architecture, buildings, restaurants, etc. We were in shock to see all these beautiful restaurants with no one in them. One or two people sitting down at restaurants that would've been packed to the doors in Delray Beach. It's clear the Covid dramatically impacted this city. We had lunch by the river in old town Alexandria. I took some really cool photographs of boats and architecture. Any one want to see those photographs? We drove our motorcycle to Mount Vernon and just had a great time. We did not go in.
Alice reminded me we are on a quest to find soft shell crabs whatever that is.
Tomorrow will be our quest to view some of our national treasures including Lincoln and Vietnam Memorials.
We ended the evening in an air-conditioned hotel room and we're glad to relax. If you are enjoying these blogs please let me know and they will continue!
