This video (tragically) just about sums up our entire time in DC:
Oh, and someone tried to steal our scooter… twice. The first time was around 2AM. The dogs and I woke up to a thud. But Matt and Siena were still sleeping, so I didn’t know if it was a dream. I woke Matt anyways. I peeked out the back window. I think I scared him as much as he scared me when I opened our blinds and was face to face with a man opening a knife to cut the final tie down. He ran off and Matt and I stayed awake for a good part of the remaining dark. The next morning Matt replaced the cut tie down and put a lock on it. Though we were confident that the would-be thief was long gone. NOPE! We came back from our (rainy, cry-y, cold, tantrum-y, sick, feeling huge and very sore, crappy tour-y) day of walking around to find the tie downs cut AGAIN and he lock about half way sawed through. IN BROAD DAY LIGHT!! That dude really really wanted our scooter. Suck it, scooter thief!
Adios DC! Let’s all get our shit together and try again in about 5-10 years.
PS. I was suffering from a terrible cold. I’m also 20ish lbs heavier than usual. Also, it was raining. It’s not ALL DC’s fault.
On a more positive/upbeat note, we got to see and spend some time with our friend Jennifer who we didn’t even know was living in the city so, great surprise. AND also had (twice) a REALLY great burger at Good Stuff Eatery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. So there.
sorry that was your experience. katherine
Awesome! I’ll be there in a month. Can’t wait!
Hi Nick!!
Just don’t bring a toddler and a scooter. You’ll love it!! :)
Hugs from all of us. XO
Looking forward to reading about your time in Tennessee and South Carolina, Siena’s birthday, etc. Blog on, my sweet daughter-in-law!
Hello! It may be awhile until I can write and post the next batch. I’m calling a cease fire to my “rapid fire” for a bit.
Hey guys, just reading about your almost stolen scooter! Crazy that happened in the middle of the day! Just wanted you to know what we use for just about everything, we’ve even put it on our extra gas at night while in parking lots or towns we don’t know. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00APRSI6G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
you can put velcro on it and stick it on anything. It’s awesome and totally worth the ten dollars!!! Hope it helps or at least gives you some peace while sleeping or away from Dolly!
Yeah totally crazy (and unexpected). You know in 4 years of being on the road we’ve never had an incident like this and until this had never even put a lock on the scooter. Maybe we have been ignorant and lucky both up til now.
Anyways the gadget you linked to looks great. Thanks for the suggestion!
-Matt
Hi Kyndal! Totally awesome suggestion. Thank you! Maybe our paths will cross some day and we can thank y’all in person!! :)