~5.6 mi @ 18.7 min/mi
"Hard freeze tomorrow morning!" warns the elderly couple covering their front-yard plants with plastic sheeting. Maundy Thursday's afternoon ramble leads past St John the Evangelist Catholic church, where in a grotto the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Our Lady Queen of Poland, blesses crucifix beads. Pokey tap-dances at the "echo center" concrete circle in Evans Parkway Neighborhood Park and hears himself amplified. A meandering muddy-hilly path from Sligo Creek Trail leads to new graffiti on the Beltway sound barrier wall. Brief bursts of sleet rattle down.