Today we had to wake up extra early, which was around 5:15. We decided that taking the metro out of DC would be the best way of getting outside of the city especially with rush hour traffic and bike are not allowed on the metro from 7 to 10. When we woke up we realized that it was raining and we had sent all of our rain coats home and so Lee gave us all trash bags that we could wear as ponchos. So we said goodbye and headed to the metro station about a mile away. Lee gave us good instructions on how to navigate the metro through the city so everything went smoothly while on the metro. Our total miles on the metro was around 10, and then we took 29 up out of the city. We noticed that Steve’s tire was flat while on the metro so once we got off we began to fix it until we realized that we could not find the tire irons to help get the tire off of the wheel. Luckily we could use the flat head screw drivers on our pocket knives to get the tire off and look at it. Then we got moving and the rain was only a light rain and was not too cold so we did not mind it too much. Since the metro took us to the other side of the city most of the traffic was going into the city while we were exiting. Jody’s tire kept getting flat while leaving the city so we just kept pumping it after one patch did not hold well because we put it on in the rain. It seemed as soon as we left DC we were in Baltimore. From 29 we took 40 over to Baltimore and then got on 1 and took that through the city and most of the way home. Before Baltimore we stopped at Wal-Mart and picked up a tube since we did not have any new ones. In Baltimore we went through what we all would say is the hood, not the worst areas but definitely not the best by any means. So it was very slow moving through the city with all the stop signs and lights. Once we got to the north side of Baltimore and outside of the city we stopped for lunch at McDonald’s where we met up with Steve’s cousin Brent who had biked down from Steve’s house to meet us. So we headed out up route 1 with the sun coming out and moral boosted once again with another biker riding with us. It was a great feeling to make it back to our home state of Pennsylvania, and we took our usually state sign photo. Once we were about a mile away from Lyle’s house we met up with his dad, Lion, and his uncle and cousin. They all took pictures of us as we rode into Lyle’s home. Lion and Lyle fixed up dinner and we had time to relax and chat. We had fun talking with Lyle’s cousin Joel and his uncle Will who stopped by later in the evening. We are all looking forward to our day off tomorrow when we will head to Steve’s house and then on to the beach on Wednesday for the final leg of the journey. Thanks again for all the prayers and support during our trip. We have all felt extremely blessed throughout the entire trip and are looking forward to touching the ocean once again.
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