I took the bridge over to the Arlington Cemetery, which has many photo ops, but I didn’t take any. I did make a mental note to bike out there again soon.

Another destination I hadn’t biked yet was Hains Point. The last time I visited The Awakening was still struggling to free itself before National Harbor scooped it up. I’ll definitely be making the ride out to Hains Point more often, but I’ll need biker glasses. I didn’t realize how many insects there were. Similar to when I rode through Rock Creek Trail one night, the amount of insects I inhaled and ingested wasn’t fun. I could deal with that to a degree; it was the few that camped out in my eyeball that made me nervous. I rode a lot of the ride with my head down, considering there were virtually no cars out there, but being my first time there, I wasn’t sure if there would be any potholes I had to look out for.

Nice ride though. Even nicer was the view of The Wharf across the Washington Channel. What they did to the bridge exiting to 12th Street Expressway is reason enough to take a break and just admire the scene.