Last night and this morning...

The Washington Monument

just something I see in my day to day travels to and from work

last night was the DC Bike Party

it was the DC Bike Party and I was doing my DC Bike Party Thing

rolling with the camera enjoying the ride while trying to document the ride

was snapping some shots

just doing my thing

then somehow... not sure how

but I lost the Bike Party

LOST THE DC BP?
HOW!?!?!?

somehow a slow moving pack of 600 or so cyclists evaded me

so... I took a break on the grounds of the Washington Monument

hung out with an old friend Jay formerly of The Bike Lane

we caught up and mellowed out

had the pleasure of watching a fox on the Washington Monument grounds

AMAZING!

a fox living on the grounds of the Washington Monument

FANTASTIC!

seeing something like this give me hope

well... we hung out

I snapped a shot of the Washington Monument all lit up with its metal scaffolding 

just enjoyed the fox making no effort to photograph it

then used my iPhone to figure out the end point of the ride

I did a glance at the DC BP page to see where the post bike party party was

a quick Google gave me the information I needed 

NICE! the ride finished at a bar a few blocks from my house

so... we packed up and motored to the bar

well... pedaled to the bar

only one thing

somehow I must have fumbled with my phone

instead of my phone ending up in my bag... my phone dropped to the ground

but this was not discovered until after the bar

after I had gotten home

PISSSHITFUCK!

so I woke curious... anxiously curious about where my phone may be

thought it could be at the bar

thought it could be found

found to be returned?

found not to be returned?

it was an anxious moment

luckily for me the Washington Monument is just a few blocks from my office so I headed to the grounds of the Monument to see if my phone was there

sure enough... there it was

no tourist had picked it up

no lawn crew had run it over with the mower

I WAS RELIEVED! 

all smiles

now to set up that iPhone App for finding the phone so that this will be less of a mystery next time