Tag: Flexday

out: roosevelt island

March 23, 2012

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out: roosevelt island
the last flexday

July 18, 2011

i’ve got a bit of a “found” day today.

my last day at the Conservancy was supposed to be today, but i ended up working about 12 hours over the weekend and skipped my flexday the week before, so i think we’re just going to call it even.

sparklet and i got up early and hiked along the potomac in cabin john, maryland — which she loved, especially the part where we were hiking under the landing path of national airport. being the dad that i am, i then one-upped myself by taking her down to roaches run, to show here what it’s *really* like being under the flight path of an airport.

we finished up with lunch, and a run through the fountains at columbia heights — i have to say, days like these are going to be one thing i’m going to miss about my old gig.

i might have to take a friday off now and again, just to pretend like it’s a flex day.

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columbia heights civic plaza fountain, washington, dc
flexday: national airport

July 18, 2011

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national airport (roaches run), washington, dc
flexday: cabin john, maryland

July 18, 2011

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hiking, c&o canal towpath, cabin john, maryland
trip #0: boston, ma

June 24, 2011

i’m in boston for the fourth-round of a job interview. hard to believe my nearly seven years at the conservancy might be over in a week or two.
flexday: mount pleasant, d.c.

June 10, 2011

it’s the most wonderful time of the year again — when summer flex hours start, and good conservationists get every other Friday off.

a couple months ago, the lady and i were looking for photographs of mount pleasant to hang on our walls when i realized that i hadn’t taken any — like none in the four years i’ve been here, outside of a couple batches from snowstorms.

so, during my flex days this year i’m going to spend some time wandering around the neighborhood.

this week i knocked off all of ingleside, 18th and 19th streets, most of lamont street and half of newton. map of the route here, and photos below.

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flexday: mount pleasant, d.c.
hike: piedmont/gap run trails, sky meadows state park, virginia

August 23, 2010

damn, i’m out of shape.

i haven’t looked it up yet, but the 2 mile trail we just did had enough altitude gain that it might as well been the north face of mount everest, as least as far as my frail body/flabby midsection was concerned.

and, sparklet was unkind — providing very verbal feedback every 10 feet when her daddy/sherpa stopping to suck wind.

the big news of the morning came on the way back down, when we ran smack into a herd of cows — animals, i should point out, that didn’t seem to be having a problem with the altitude.

we ran into them right as we were coming over a blind rise, so by the time sparklet saw them they were maybe 10 feet away, and she was utterly confounded about how a whole pack of her friends from the petting zoo got up here (and how she got on the wrong side of the fence, i’d imagine).

after about 10 minutes of staring (with a competition between sparklet’s eyes and her mouth for which could be open the widest) we finally said goodbye to the cows and continued on.

sparklet wailed, until we turned back.

after 5 more minutes of staring (and waving, and giggling) we once again said goodbye to the cows and continued on.

sparklet wailed.

it wasn’t until three more rounds of this that the cows were far enough away that sparklet finally lost interest in her first official “wildlife” sighting.

and, being the out-of-shape/selfish nit that i am, the whole time i was wondering why we couldn’t have seen the cows on the way UP the mountain, when i could have used the excuse to stop.

trail information:
Trailhead: 38.992886,-77.967272 (Google Maps); Length: 2.1 total miles; Elevation Gain: 360 feet; Trail Type: Out-and-back; Skill Level: Moderate.

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sky meadows state park, delaplane, virginia
flexday: swimming pool

August 2, 2010

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flexday: swimming pool
hike: tall poplar trail, patapsco valley state park, maryland

July 9, 2010

trail information:
Trailhead: 39.357479, -76.887839 (Google Maps); Length: 1.4 total miles; Elevation Gain: 160 feet; Trail Type: Loop; Skill Level: Easy.

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hike: patapsco valley state park, ellicot city, maryland
hike: matildaville trail, great falls national park, va

June 25, 2010

sparklet’s first hike. didn’t make it long (45 minutes) or far (definitely short of two miles) but it mostly worked. she hates wearing a hat, tho — that lasted all of about 30 seconds.

trail information:
Trailhead: 38.997516,-77.255065 (Google Maps); Length: 1.8 total miles; Elevation Gain: < 100 feet; Trail Type: Loop (Canal Trail, to Matildaville Trail, to Old Carriage Road); Skill Level: Easy.

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matildaville trail, great falls national park, va