Wow, this is a nice park. It has everything, including a restaurant! We took the time to go to the Tour Talk that is provided here. It is conducted by a woman who man's the ticket counter during the day. They have a bus that stops here to take you to the train station! We bought our metro tickets from her and she had some good advice on what tours to do and where to go and how to get there. It is a great perk of the park!
We spent the first couple of days on the Big Bus Tour. We took the Blue line and Night Tour, then followed up with the Yellow and Green lines and the River Cruise. We have found that we see what is out there and where it is in relation to everything else when we take these busses. We do it in all the big cities we go to when we have the time.
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| Washington Monument |
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| WWII Memorial |
After a day off, we go to the National Mall to see all of the Monuments. Yes, this takes the whole day! We also saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the WWI Memorial and the MLK Memorial.
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| Lincoln Memorial |
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| Cathy at Lincoln Memorial |
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| FDR Memorial |
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| Jefferson Memorial |
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| Korean War Memorial |
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| Elenor Roosevelt |
We took the next day to see the Arlington National Cemetary. We took the bus tour, but were not able to see it all, as there were funerals being conducted in the newer portion. We found out that the flag flies at half staff 1/2 hour before the first funeral of the day, until 1/2 hour after the last funeral. Unfortunately, there are funerals here every day.
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| Full Military honors |
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| Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
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| The older section |
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| quite a house |
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| composting! |
We also took a trip to Mount Vernon. Old George was quite the innovative farmer, designing a round barn for threshing grain by having horses walk all over it! He also composted. Quite an impressive place.
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| tomb |
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| 16 sided barn for threshing |
We went to a small festival, called the Green Man, and toured aroung there. Cathy flew to NE for her nephew Aaron' wedding. While she was gone, Steve visited the Hirsch Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Sculpture Garden, The museum of African Art, the Museum of the American Indian, and didn't take even one picture of anything!!!
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| reminds us of Dottie! |
When Cathy returned, we went to the Natural History Museum.
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| the Hope Diamond |
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| an Aquamarine crystal |
On the day we went to the Botanical Garden, the Rolling Thunder was parading through town. (A large group of over 5000 motorcycles celebrating Memorial Day). We also looked at the Sculpture Garden
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| remember using one?? |
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| not sure what this is |
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| trumpet flower |
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| metal tree |
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| some of the motorcycles |
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| T-Rex scull |
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| capitol |
Steve spent his birthday walking around the White House Grounds, watching the Memorial Day Parade, and wandering around the Air and Space Museum.
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| capitol dome |
We both took a trip to Annapolis to see the State Capitol and the Naval Academy. We toured the museum on the Academy grounds, too.
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| mast flagpole |
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| cannon |
When Cathy returned, we went to the Natural History Museum.
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