Day four in Washington, D.C. Welcome to Walking is Fitness.

This is a podcast of action providing a little extra motivation to help you keep that fitness promise you made yourself.

Hi, I'm Dave. I've been walking for fitness since 2013, averaging about 21,000 steps a day.

I'm walking right now and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

At the moment, on 15th Street, northwest, just across the street from the Washington Monument.

Day four in DC.

I hope you've had the opportunity to listen each day.

We're taking a walking tour of one of the most walking friendly cities,

dare I say, on the planet.

I grew up about an hour from DC. spent quite a bit of time here.

Actually, I think for many years, probably decades, took for granted the easy access that I had to Washington.

And it really wasn't until the last 10 years as walking became much more of a

fitness activity that I began to re-appreciate what I have so close and came over to D.C.

Sometimes as often as once a month on a Saturday and just dropped my Fitbit on and went

for a walk and tried to find new things that I've not seen before. And oftentimes, if you stray

off the beaten path, that's exactly what I found.

But of course, this week we are very much on the beaten path.

If you've never had the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C., I highly recommend that you put that on your bucket list.

The first day, we were on the east side of the Capitol, walking between the Capitol,

the U.S. Supreme Court Library of Congress.

Day two was the west side of the Capitol and even more so the National Mall.

Yesterday, the museums of the Smithsonian.

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