Woodbridge, VA (USA)

Mollie and I left my apartment at 1000 and drove to Woodbridge.  We made it to the REI Garage Sale about 30 minutes later.  We found a few good things and explored other parts of the store to build up my backpacking equipment inventory.  After shopping, we walked a short distance and got some lunch at BurgerFI - Mollie really enjoyed their chicken.  Because the weather was so nice, we drove over to visit Leesylvania State Park.  We used an REI receipt for free entry and went to the Visitor Center.  While there, we learned a lot about local animals, the Lee and Fairfax families and local geology.  The park was pretty and had a lot of camping areas.  We took a nice walk along the shore of the Potomac River and our favorite spot was a long fishing pier - we could see Mason Neck and Indian Head from there.  The park was having a big family event and there were many, many people cooking out and playing games everywhere.  Mollie said she wasn’t in the mood to join in on any of the fun and, since we’d had a nice walk, I agreed that it was time to go.  On the way home (1400), we got some gas at a Wawa.  We had to finish our drive on US-1 because of a huge traffic jam on I-95.  Mollie told me she really liked my new car (“the seats are soft”).