On my way home today, Mallard De Niro in the middle of the sidewalk on 20th Street stared me down as if to dare me to get in extra steps to try to outpace the teams on the Leader Board! What's that all about?? I retorted, "Say hello to one of the members of Footloose Team 4! You'll soon be swimming in the Potomac, my friend!"

Walking in circles? Probably many of us experience that to keep up our steps. The first person who guesses what my avatar thumbnail below is AND its nickname gets a free ticket to the next MCU movie at Udvar Hazy! Michelle should know!

Today was Star Wars day at Nationals Park. Easy to get 10,000 steps walking around the ballpark but, unfortunately, the Force was NOT with the Nats.

Went to Culpeper's Luck Stone quarry with scientist friends to see 215 million year old footprints of aerosaurus (crocodile like creatures) from the Triassic period. The quarry is only open once a year to the public. It helped me get in my kick-off-day 10K steps! GO TEAM!

Who else is trying to move up the [non-]leader board by walking very late at night in their neighborhood? There is no way to catch Michelle, Madison, Jamin, Cam or Sue, but we can catch up on our health and sometimes catch quite a sight! Who knew that dogwoods can light up the night??!!