Journey beginnings - part 4: Washington

the next leg of my trip was to Washington DC. I haven't been there since I was in high school. It's still hot and humid, though not really as bad as Darwin. I spent some time with some friends from Madison and their terrible-two year old, who wasn't particularly terrible. As one who doesn't have kids, it has been interesting to see how parenthood has changed my friends. Some are predictable, some aren't. Most aren't surprising.
I'm still not sure whether I eventually want kids or not (I suspect that will depend a lot on the woman I end up with), but I do appreciate my friends staggering their own reproduction so I can see several years of the journey in a single trip across the country. All in all, it seems to be everything that people say, and I'll leave the details of what that means for you to figure out.

Another early morning departure and I was on my way over the Atlantic. I'd really appreciate a flight that took place entirely between the hours of 9am and 9pm... not going to happen anytime soon, though.