(J. Edgar Hoover-R- and close friend Clyde Tolson). Well, all right. Missed a couple days, but we are back on track, and back in what used to be the District of Columbia. I told you we were going to spin a tale on the way to completing a tour of the 40 Stones of the […]

(The columns erected by General Montgomery Meigs in the former Pension Building. Photo Building Museum). So, Argo told me to try doing it the right way, and he was, of course completely correct. That refers to visiting the two Stones of the Northwest quadrant of the District Boundary, of course. I reserve the right to […]

(The East Stone rests in a circular cage and marks the right angle of this Side of the District). I may as well get to Argo, since he is directly responsible for much of the rest of the adventure of The Stones. I confess I kind of ran out of steam on the project. There […]

(The NE3 Stone is concealed within the bushes around this tree at the edge of the commercial parking area to the left.) Based on the directions from the BoundaryStones.org people, I was reasonably confident I could run the table on the remaining monuments of the North East sector. Remember, this was a little more challenging […]

(NE8 is in there someplace. I pussied out and did not dismount to find it. Next time will be easier, with a posse). It was 2003 and I had changed jobs and was working on the SARS epidemic and the Anthrax attacks. The whole thing made people cranky, and I wanted to get back to […]

(No, this isn’t the damn North Cardinal Stone. I was starting to get irritated about the whole thing- that and the NW5 Stone being stuck hundreds of feet behind the stupid fence at the Reservoir. You can forgive me for thinking it was, though, right?) OK: so here is where things get interesting. It’s about […]

(Back yard of the lovely home at 5600 Western Avenue in placid Chevy Chase, MD. The real estate brochure does not mention the presence of a national monument in the front yard). For me, Western Avenue was better known that bright September day as Easy Street. It was a marvelous day to venture up to […]

OK- I was a little rattled. I gave up on the quest for the day after that encounter with bounding Bambi nearly made me jump out of my skin. It was a September weekend, and the pool at my building was still open, four weekend days after Labor Day, so I thought I would motor […]

(Boundary Stone NW5 is in there somewhere. It is down this little hill, behind a fence, next to the reservoir that provides the water to the District. Good Luck.) Having crossed the River, I was on my own. The light was bright but filtered by high cirrus clouds. The temperature was reasonable, and I wore […]

(The NW4 Stone, viewed from the bike trail to the southwest). So, traveling across the Chain Bridge, you enter the modern District of Columbia. I thought it would be more of the same sort of viewing as was true of the Stones in Virginia. Safe, hospitable, plainly marked and accessible. Was I wrong. From the […]