Today we woke up in Brooklyn and by 6:00 pm were setting off toward our nation's capital in DC. We drove through New York (Brooklyn and Staten Island), New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (we're staying in Arlington--just across the bridge from the capital. As we went south, it got increasingly warmer and traffic was very congested for much of it. We found our hotel, then took the Metro (subway) to the Mall.
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| Down the long escalator to the Metro |
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| The platform |
We saw the capital building and walked all the way around it,
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| The Smithsonian, on the way to the Capitol Building. |
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| Joshua, Anneliese, and Shelby--almost there! |
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| Momma duck and her still fuzzy ducklings in the Capitol Reflecting Pool |
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| Joshua |
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| Shelby |
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| A gateway |
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| Stone detail from the gateway |
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| More stone detail |
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| A lovely family looking into the sun! |
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| US Capitol from the side |
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| From the East side (I think it's the main entrance). The mall is on the other side. |
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| Anneliese doing what teenagers do |
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| Fountain at the East entrance. |
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| East entrance |
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| Very patriotic |
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| This is the Senate side (I asked a guard) |
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| More stone detail! (I'm liking the stone) |
then walked to the World War Two memorial. It was very well-done, honoring all who were in the war, even those on the home front. Very classy. It even has notes by the pool asking people to show respect to the memorial by not wading in the pool. (Of course, some people can't read).
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| Smithsonian, walking the other way |
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Washington Monument covered in scaffolding
(because of the damage from the earthquake). |
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| WWII Memorial--Pacific side |
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| A frieze from one of the walls |
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| Another scene |
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| The Atlantic side |
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| The European battles |
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| Each state had a pillar on each side |
Then to the Lincoln Memorial.
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Looking out on the mall from the top of the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
The scaffolding on the Washington Monument looks like stone. |
When we were done, it was dark and I asked at an information kiosk for the nearest Metro station. He gave directions and a map and said 12 minutes. Well, 25 minutes later, we reached it with our sore feet. Then ordered pizza for dinner. Our hotel is very posh (compared to our other ones!). It seems to be a converted apartment building. We have a
very large room (after a tiny room in Brooklyn) with a hide-a-bed couch, coffee table, desk, end tables, with a bathroom and a kitchen and lots of extra space. A full kitchen with a refrigerator and range. And dishes and a dishwasher. Down in the lobby, they have a table with complimentary ice water, lemonade, coffee, and tea. The pool is just down the hall--outside. It is very hot and humid here--not looking forward to the weather in Georgia, Florida, and New Orleans! We've found through Facebook that there was a storm in Minneapolis last night and that many are without power and that trees are down all over our neighborhood. We've tried calling our neighbors, but it went to voice mail. Even my health club in our neighborhood is closed due to a power outage. Hope our house is OK. Tomorrow, more of DC including museums.
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