Fredericksburg, Virginia to Springfield, Virginia -- 68 miles

We woke at 6:30 am, grabbed donuts and muffins from the continental breakfast, and began biking at 7:15 am. We made it through the morning rush hour traffic to get off the highway and out of town. As we got further away, the traffic decreased. Around 9 am, it began raining hard - we were riding past an abandoned house, and ducked into the open garage to get out of the rain. It slowed down about 15 minutes later, and we got back on the road. We stopped at country grocery store to buy sodas and eat our lunch, but they would not fill our water bottles for us.

Traffic increased on the road as we reached Dale City. We passed through Occoquan, a cute river town and walked our bikes across the river. In Lorton, we got off the route and followed our friend Pete's directions to his home in Springfield. It started thundering, but we made it there before it started raining. Lenny has been friends with Pete and his wife Amy since high school. They are part of a group that call themselves the Penguins. Now, Pete is a "Mr. Mom" who takes care of their kids full-time, while Amy brings home the bacon! We talked to Pete and their 3 boys - Neil, Christopher, and Nathan. Amy was at work for her second to last day before her new job starts. We had Chinese food for dinner and turned in at about 9:30 pm. We had a restful sleep on their comfortable AeroBed.