Day 1: Georgetown to Bethseda

Day 1 complete!
The highlights:
- Going to mile marker 0
- eating mulberries and watching all the geese at mile marker 0, including some still-fuzzy, but large goslings.
- throwing rocks into the water to break up the algae cover. Eryn, "Well, that was more satisfying than expected."
- how efficient the circulator was getting us to right where we needed to be, and the racks held the kids' bikes no problem.
- Watching Bryan go to speed for pretty much the entire 8 miles. Eryn wanted to be in front for a small stretch, so she had to keep a quick pace, and we heard Bryan behind us yelling, "passing!" although there was no way Eryn was going to let him do that.
The challenges:
- I think we're already out of gummy bears
- Eryn needs a lot of... encouragement to keep up a good attitude.
- The kids are still on San Diego time, so bedtime at a reasonable hour has been a struggle.
- Because they're both overtired, the homesickness, missing Oma, missing Daddy, missing Dug and Dixie and Rita and the chickens and the ducks and the turkeys hit hard last night. We brainstormed silly ideas of how to bring our menagerie in bicycle trailers on the next trip... Rita, our sulfur-crested Triton cockatoo does like to ride on bicycle handlebars.
- My lack of sense of direction around town. I'm having the hardest time orienting myself here! So, a few navigational mishaps took us on some scenic routes.
Recommendations:
- This Airbnb in Bethseda was a great choice. The path getting out along Glen Echo/Cabin John was an accomplishment (lots of trail stairs),  but a nice path on the street, just the right distance for a late start. We got in around 4pm, the kids had a great time playing on the big lawn with all the games here, magnetic darts, etc. I did laundry, we ordered in pizza, the air mattress was perfect for the kids. I'm really looking forward to the other Airbnbs we have llined up.
- Finding mile post 0 wasn't that bad once we found it. I saw the YouTube video, Mike had been there earlier in the week, but it is hidden.
- We took the Capital Cresent trail until fisherman's cove (I think that's what it's called? May edit this.). Ran into a very helpful person with routemaps who suggested this. The C&O in Georgetown is cool because the town is built up around it, but that means crossing a lot of streets.
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