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D.C. Metro Blues
My wife, Jenny as we wait for the train.
OK. The D.C. Metro cannot be that difficult, even after a few drinks. But last night I apparently thought it would be fun to take my lovely bride on an unscheduled tour of D.C.’s finer metro stops.
The night began by realizing that we could have taken the metro to a station just a block away from the Capital Grill where we would be dining. But the 20 minute walk from Metro Center in sub freezing temperatures seemed like more fun. Of course we decided that the closer station was the best way out after dinner, but that meant changing trains… It seems that this is a bit of a problem for me even though I am usually great at navigation.
So we get on the Yellow line (or was it green) and went one stop south to L’Enfant Plaza. Here we can catch the Orange line to our final destination. Simple right?
Well either it was the couple of drinks, me not paying attention, or the fact I was trying to get this photo of Jenny with the burred train arriving that got me off track, that resulted in us getting on the Blue line instead of the Orange. (This would be easier if the damn things where actually painted the color of the route.)
Now this would have been obvious a lot sooner if the next SEVEN stops where not exactly the same as if we where on the correct Orange line train. But after the Rossyln stop all of a sudden I saw the stop for Arlington Cemetery. OOPS. “Jen, we are on the wrong train.”
I will not post her response to that.
No problem. Get off at the next stop. Pentagon City and wait for the train going in the opposite direction. Yeah.
Of course, I screwed up again and we got on the next train (Yellow line) that took us back into D.C. and the all too familiar L-Enfant Plaza.
This time we got it right.
I have realized though that the D.C. metro is a fertile ground for people watching, which kept us entertained in addition to our navigational incompetence, as well as photos. I think I could ride for hours and find all kind of photos. Below is a sample of the few images that I shot while touring the Metro D.C. area by train.
Comments welcome.
Washington D.C. Metro – Images by Pete Marovich
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