Horchler, of Cheverly, has rowed the Anacostia River for the past 13 years to get to the Library of Congress, where he has worked for 42 years. He rows one direction each day from March until Thanksgiving as long as there’s no lightning, strong winds or below-freezing temperatures, in a commute that takes him almost two hours one way. Why did you start rowing to work?

I used to take the Metro to work. For a while I rode my motorcycle to work, and sometimes I would drive my car. All those modes of transportation pretty much paralleled the Anacostia River, so it occurred to me, maybe it would be nice to try to row to work to avoid the traffic and the noise.

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