Day 17 - July 9, 2017 - Winchester, Virginia to Manassas, Virginia
Day 18 - July 10, 2017 - Manassas, Virginia to Washington, D.C.
Day 19 - July 11, 2017 - Washington, D.C.
Day 20 - July 12, 2017 - Washington, D. C. to Ocean City, Maryland
Not many photos in the last couple days of the Highway 50 drive. July 9, I went to a Waffle House, a water park, and a used bookstore (the amazing McKay’s Books in Manassas, VA) and otherwise didn’t go very far since I was hoping to meet up with a friend in DC and hadn’t heard from her. I stayed in a motel in Manassas since I’d been having trouble charging my CPAP battery.
July 10, I ate at a diner that had 85 Mountain Goats songs on the TouchTunes jukebox (!) and headed in to DC. Highway 50 pleasantly goes from being a freeway to rolling right past the Washington Mall. I stayed at the Hosteling International hostel in the middle of DC for two nights, figuring I’d want some time to see the sights. Did some bike riding using DC bikeshare bikes, looked at stuff, took a selfie in front of the White House with my “America Is Never Great” hat showing. You can’t get as physically close to the White House since the last (pre-9/11) time I was around there.
July 12, I made it to Ocean City, the end of Highway 50! I decided to spring for a “nicer” hotel there to celebrate, but it turned out to just be an overpriced motel that advertised itself as having “ocean view” rooms but that meant that if you went out on the balcony, you could see the ocean if you stood up and craned your neck. It was still good to be there!









