Remembering Change

One of the things that I really appreciate about walking the same, or at least very similar routes, every day for over a year was that I could observe the change that was happening along the route in a tangible way.  I've really missed that element of watching things unfold in daily snapshots of time.

Anacostia Sunset

Today I made my way down to the Anacostia waterfront for the first time in weeks. At the time of my injury almost five weeks ago, the crane in the foreground of this picture was just starting to put the structure on pilings that had been set in the bank of the river. The rumor circulating was that the pilings were being installed to support a dock for a water taxi service. Over the past five weeks, a great deal of progress has been made, and it appears to my semi-trained eye that the project is nearing completion.

I don't know if the dock that's being built will service water taxis or not, but there are at least four and possibly five or six floating boat slips that have been built. I envisioned a single pier jutting out into the river, but it seems that the project is just a bit more ambitious that I imagined. The change that I saw today gives me pause to wonder about the other things that have been progressing during my diminished ambulatory capacity.

I'm getting restless. According to the doctors, I should be able to come out of the walking boot this coming Thursday and ease back into a more active lifestyle. The rest has been beneficial, and I have used the time to progress other areas of my daily practice, but I'm becoming more anxious to get back on the trail again. I wonder if the scaffolding around the Capitol Dome has been removed. That was scheduled to happen this winter, and I had great plans to capture the progress. I hope I haven't missed all of that action because if history is any guide it won't happen again for another five decades or so. We shall see. 

Although there have been obvious changes, some things remain relatively constant, and there is a certain amount of comfort in the fact that I haven't missed all the big developments along the river.

Anacostia Evening with the ex-USS Barry

The USS Barry is still keeping it's three decade watch over the Washington Navy Yard. This silent sentinel is scheduled to be retired someday in the not too distant future. Today, or the intervening five weeks, wasn't that day. With any manner of good fortune, I'll be able to watch that project progress on a more routine basis as I return to my walking on the Anacostia River Trail.

As always, I'm looking forward to what tomorrow my have in store.