I feel the need to better describe the location of this Metro station. It’s at the exit off of the Beltway, in fact, it’s the only thing at this exit. You get off the highway and are on a road that makes an arc, around the station. You can turn in the direction of the station and enter the parking lot, but you have to pay, you can’t park for free. When I got there none of the gates for the parking lots would open. So, I backed away, back onto that arcing road. BUT, that road only leads towards… the Beltway! So I had to get back on the Beltway and do a u-turn to get back to the Metro exit!

On my third attempt I just parked, illegally, pointed towards the opening of the station so I could see my friend when he arrived.

What a screwy place!