Visiting Ada

I was more than excited to travel to Washington, DC to visit my youngest daughter Ada and her boyfriend Will.  Dan and I moved the boat to La Cruz anchorage the day before I was to fly 8 hours on a Delta flight.  The backpack used, was 40 years old and my original one I took when I spent my Junior year of college in Sweden.  It served me well then and did so again.

 
As can be expected, it was a bit of a culture shock to go from the cruising life to a city life.  Fortunately, Ada met me at midnight at Regan Airport and brought me to their cute apartment in Alexandria,Virginia.  She had even purchased a blow up bed for me to use while spending 11 days with her.  (you can see it resting on top of their 4 bikes behind the couch).  It was so wonderful to see them both.  



We ate well as they both like to cook.  Here Will is making home-made pizza crust for a yummy Friday night pizza.



Ada was scheduled for shoulder surgery during my visit.  She has dislocated the shoulder way too many times and it needed to get stabilized.  She inherited my shoulder challenges and while a different surgery was performed, for anyone who has had one shoulder surgery, I need not explain any further  how challenging that recovery can be.  I needed and wanted to be with her.  Unfortunately, it will be a long recovery for her and I was only able to help out for the first week.  Here she is getting ready for surgery.



And now she is ready to go home!



Ada is settled in nicely on her pink couches.  Will and I did a fabulous job of taking care of her.  She was a real trooper!



It was difficult to keep her down.  We started taking slow walks and she enjoyed practicing her new organ.





I spent my time taking some walks in beautiful Alexandria, Virginia.



As Ada started to feel better we even got to walk along the Potomac River on the bike trail.



Ada is a yoga instructor at a local gym, so I had the privilege of working out there.  I purchased a introductory special pass to a wonderful yoga studio and enjoyed 5 or 6 classes while Ada was resting at the house.




Ada celebrated her 24th birthday while I was there.  We made a delicious carrot cake for the occasion.



We took my first Uber ride to downtown Washington D.C and did some errands there.  We visited George Washington University - a possible graduate school for Ada who currently has an undergraduate degree in Nutrition.







Of course, what would be a trip to DC without a trip to The White House?



Before I knew it, it was time to fly back to La Cruz, Mexico.  It was a wonderful trip and I was really glad to spend time with Ada and Will.  I was glad to help out during her first week of recovery but I am wondering if I left too soon, as she is still having difficulty and pain.  Shoulder surgery is tough and I hope she recovers soon.