Weekend notes ...

It’s officially fall you all!!!

I hope your weekend was good in every way!

Here it’s still more summer than fall.

Friday we enjoyed 31 C (87F), but it still feels different than “a middle of the summer 90 degree day”. I guess it is the lack of humidity.

We hung out on the deck in the early evening. So nice.  No European hornets spotted whatsoever, phew!!

Saturday, we decided to go for a suburban walk along the Potomac River.

We drove south of Alexandria, VA and walked towards the former home of one of the Founding Fathers of this country, George Washington’s estate, Mount Vernon.

The day was nice, sunny and not too hot, 26 C (or 79F).  Zero humidity!

Let's get this walk on!
The Potomac River at the end of September.

Some fishermen, I wonder if they caught anything good?

The river is fairly wide here, and the path is paved and therefore easy to walk on. 

That is good for bad knees.

It was a little too crowded at times, but that is to be expected. It was a longer walk than we thought it would be, at least for me.

BUT it was good to get some extra kilometers under the belt, and to rake in the steps. Yes, it is important to count steps every day, for Peter and I at least, haha.

 

Peter and I ... 

Here we have reached Mount Vernon.  The end of the trail for us.  We decided not to visit the property since we've been here before.

We walked and walked and my left knee started to ache some. SIGH.

When we got to the estate we decided not go in. The entrance is 28 dollars per person. And we have both been to Mount Vernon a few times before. Therefore, we turned around and went back to the car.

 

Boats come and go.

We met this little fella as well.  I wonder what kind of snake it is?  We also spotted one HUGE jumping bullfrog.

Along the Potomac we go.  It was tempting to go down to the little beach.

Peter, we're done!

OH did it feel great to reach said car again. LOVELY!!

We took off for lunch in Old Town Alexandria. It ended up being a bunch of tapas at the outdoor bar, Barca.

Neither Peter nor I were impressed by these tapas. Too bad. But it was nice sitting down, rest assured.

 

The meny, well obvi ...

BUT, these halloumi sticks were good, really good!!  The gambas, not so much,  The calamari, dry.

We strolled around in Old Town for a while.  This is Kings Street.

Yes, in the evening we hung out on the deck again. 

Peter grilled scallops and shrimps. That meal was so very good.

Sunday, Peter went to his dad and helped him with a project.

I cleaned the main level of our house. And, of course I was spending time with my embroidery (it is almost finished, yay),  I also read on my beloved Kindle. In the evening we watched our favorite YouTubers (as per usual on a Sunday).

Have a great Tuesday!