Maura talked me into going on a scavenger hunt that her job was running in the National Mall this morning.

The Smithsonian Metro station is in a weird spot from where we live here at Pentagon City. Even though the Smithsonian is on the Blue Line like Pentagon City, the Blue Line does a ridiculous loop before it gets there. It’s much easier to hop on the Yellow Line heading for Chinatown and then switch to the Blue Line going back towards Pentagon City. Unfortunately the switch at L’Enfant has… unique signs, and I ended up accidentally exiting the station trying to find my way out.

Anyway, the Scavenger Hunt involved us running from monument to monument trying to find out bizarre facts about them. We had three hours to hit every monument from the Capitol Building to the Jefferson, and if you’ve ever been to the National Mall, that’s a hell of a lot of territory to cover. My legs hurt so badly it’s not even funny.