Memorial Day Weekend Activities
On Saturday night we had a cul-de-sac party, including a cookout, fire with smores, and a visit by our local robot engineer brothers...they are the ones with pocket protectors, if you couldn't tell! The robot was awesome and it quickly overcame the human obstacle course, where it ran over kids laying on the street, and a slalom run through the cones. On Sunday we went down to watch the Rolling Thunder, a motorcycle club that gathers every Memorial Day weekend for a ride around near the Arlington Cemetery and the Pentagon. There were thousands of bikes, mostly Harleys, and all LOUD! We were on the roundabout near the Arlington Memorial Bridge and the guys and gals got on the throttle as they were rounding the bend. After about fifteen minutes we had to leave to avoid monster headaches. There sure were some good looking bikes. After living here for three years I still hadn't seen all the sights so passed some more parked motorcycles on our way to the Cemetery. It was hot and sunn...
