Canal ride to relax

I returned to the Homestead this evening just after 5 PM. It's been a busy few days full of meetings, seeing and catching up with friends and driving 1,075 miles - almost 750 of them in an East Coast deluge. So, what does one do after unfolding one's self from the car after that time? Obviously go to the canal for a short sweet bike ride! And Dad was very obliging to drop me off at one point and pick me up a few miles up the canal so I could avoid traffic and enjoy a short burst of physical exercise, though I did pause to snap the swan paddling on the side of the canal.