Note: This blog first appeared at www.souldegree.com. By my calculations, we are into Week Eight of this thing. My daughter and I noted that no member of our family of five has been out of the greater DC area in all that time, except for a slightly harrowing journey to JFK airport by me in Week One. Although we have not left the DMV (as the locals call “DC-Maryland-Virginia), we have done our best to get into local wilderness areas. This past weekend we visited a spot about 4