Tweets from DC

A collections of tweets below to capture some of the highlights and reflections from last week's whirlwind visit to Washington D.C...

High:  Meeting one of our Fav Canadians, Space Commander Chris Hadfield at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.

What's better than landing in DC & meeting the coolest Canuck ever?! cc @Cmdr_Hadfield @RonniSVPathways @airandspace pic.twitter.com/iwJtrOfzvf

— Bryan Heal (@bryanheal) April 25, 2015

Low:  The Raptors playoff performance against the Wizards at the Verizon Centre.

Reason to come back:  TO RUN!  The national mall, the gargantuan monuments, the pristine cemetery in Arlington makes for an outstanding capitol to walk around in on a nice day.  I can only imagine is can make for an even more impressive backdrop for a run or ride.  Now that I am back in the swing of things at home in TO, I will most certainly be on the look out for a future marathon or half marathon to anchor a return to D.C.  Marine Corps anyone?

Photos from Space

If you are like me, you are one of the hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers addicted to the daily updates from Canadian Astronaut Chrid Hadfield, NASA Commander of Expedition 35 currently orbiting Earth from the International Space Station.  In addition to the extraordinary contributions to science and human knowledge his team is making with each passing experiment, his brilliant use of popular digital media tools have forever transformed the way astronauts connect with dreamers and us mere Earth bound mortals.  

Of all his posts, my favourites have consistently been the 'nightly finale' photos of what he is looking down upon before going to bed at night.  They are stunning.  Below are a few recent ones ... to follow him online check him out on Twitter at @Cmdr_Hadfield