We decided to go to Washington D.C. for the weekend as a quick getaway. We scored a very cheap hotel room for the weekend that was a top rated hotel in D.C.! (The Sofitel)

All pictures below can be seen on SmugMug too.

We left on Friday morning, 5am. By the time we Starbucked up and hit up Hess for gas it was around 5:45-6ish.





hotel was nice...




...And in a perfect location too...block or 3 from the White House and not too far from the Capital...










Smithsonian Museum of Natural History




The Hope Diamond






Looks like a cheezy photoshopped postcard








The American History museum is being renovated, however they had some exhibits in the Air and Space Museum...








Lunch...




Bond, James Bond (after a 45 minute wait in line!) - This was an amazing museum, however it was a little too crowded to enjoy it all.




Before Dinner




Dinner


After dinner..




Georgetown the next morning...




At breakfast (Clydes, great breakfast!)




Stairs from the movie the Exorcist!




Shops at Georgetown






Laurie's Before dinner Bubblebath


Dinner at Bobby Van's Steakhouse


16oz filet...I've never eated a filet that big!


Breakfast Sunday morning before we headed home..

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So this weekend I rode support for the Pine Barrens 500

Check out my SmugMug for fullsize pictures

also see this thread for more pictures taken by other people


The PB500 is a self-guided offroad motorcycle tour of south NJ. Basically 500 miles of offroad in the NJ Pine Barrens. This means lots of sand.

Great weekend.


This is Jack (the organizer) setup to load the GPS's


I rode up with Rob (aka: rallyboss)


Parking lot shot.


Riders meeting in the morning before the ride on friday "Don't go through the middle of the puddles!"


The pit.


Someone Did.




What better way to break-in (no pun) a 6 month old BMW


Our sweep team, Wayne, Gary, and Rob


The route took us way south....




to the beach, stuck in the saltwater muck (stinky)


Mud in your eye.


No problem.


Rider Dinner


Out of 100 people, Tom, who I did my Goose Bay trip with, and Rob, won the two givaways for Zumo GPS's!


Roman from Poland, Just got back from riding from Poland to China, before being deported out of China.


Merrick, Romans partner in crime, also from Poland and did the Poland->China ride.


for the guys who's wives don't let them ride...

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