highly recommend a hike above fletchers boat house. little slice of the wild in the middle of urban sprawl. i always see ospreys and have spotted an eagle pr two out there also.

to be fair…. most of my road rides happen in the ‘burns or national forrests so i see very few if any pissy people. could of been a normal amount for a high traffic event.

the obvious city dwelling pedestrians were orderly and knew how to react around a crowd and cyclists. the lack of self and situational awareness was super high for the none city folk. higher then i had ever seen it before.

it feels like the vast majority of people forgot how to exist in public during the pandemic without being a nuance for others.

we parked in crystal city by the treatment plant and rode up MV trail and crossed at 14th. the MV had its normal amount of tourist traffic on a nice day. once we crossed the bridge it was a shit show around the tidal basin. we ended up lane splitting and going against traffic since the sidewalks were at a crawl. multiple motorists were pissy even though they weren’t moving and there was no risk of us hitting their cars. we went up 14th and then over to georgetown to hobo drink some beers by the river. that side of town was its normal warm day self.

It was absolute chaos down there. no one gave a single shit….