Moving Trip (Part 1) - Day 4

Boy, was it cold this morning (window scraper, need one!)... Had a good breakfast at the hotel before getting back on the road (around 0730L). I like the Tri-Cities area - need to explore some more, I think... Made it out to I-81 and continued into Virginia. Stopped to get a new Virginia road map at the welcome center (wobbly wheel getting worse - brake job required). Gas a few miles later. Made good time to I-66 (accompanied by racing RV!). Headed towards Washington (very pretty scenery - wish we could live out that way...) with little traffic. As I approached the I-495 merge, traffic backed up considerably. Fortunately, I had planned to stop in Chantilly to find the headquarters of my new company, so I was able to get off on US-50 and miss the worst of the jam... Another gas fillup and some suspect directions from MapQuest later, I located it near the Westone Plaza (right off VA-28). Relieved to get there (and for having a car that successfully limped into Virginia without needing a tow-truck), I relaxed for a few hours at Moe's (late lunch) and then listening to the football games on the radio. Because of the traffic, I looked for a way around - and found one: Fairfax County Parkway. It turned out to be a good route - I'll use it tomorrow. Drove through Franconia area and then located Bob's apartment in Kingstowne. Turns out that I'd been very close to his place several times over the years - just didn't realize how close he lived to the bars, movie theatres and restaurants where I've gotten together with him... Speaking of Bob - he was on his way home from Hawaii and had some trouble with flights and the Metro. I spent some time wandering around in the Kingstowne Town Center (VERY busy) and eventually met up with him at the apartment (1900). He brought pizza (mmm...) and we watched some TV for a few hours. It's great to here (finally)!