We had a terrific storm in the Washington, D.C. area this morning. I actually stayed bone-dry through the whole affair because it was only sprinkling when I left my house, and had actually cleared up by the time I pulled into my garage. The highlight was kayaking driving down the Baltimore-Washington River where I got to fjord some pretty deep water. Watch the video – this is literally more than enough water to kayak in, and looks deep enough to have actually have a flat-bottomed john boat in (with prop clearance !) . I love the wave on the left side. My little VW made it through this with no problem. Even braking distance didn’t seem to be affected afterwards. In an old car, I would have worried about my brakes, calipers, bearing, boots, distributor, etc. Remember those days ? I’m a little nostalgic for the old days of working on cars all the time, but honestly I’m really glad to have a car that “just works”.
The sad part is, despite this weather, getting into the office by driving only took a few minutes longer than if I had taken the metro, and still cost less.
Update: WordPress won’t let me directly upload vid’s, so the video will come after I figure out where to host it. Sorry 
Update 2: And the video, thanks to SintixErr’s tip on using vimeo !
