Hello Folks,
Since we have been back in the United
States we have been visiting Washington DC with Roze and Steve. They
flew out from CA and we flew in from France. It worked out pretty
well, they arrived about a half hour before us, and although the
weather was cold with misty rain, that was the last of the rain for
the rest of the week. We had a few clouds, but most of the time we
had sunny blue skies.
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| Hail to the Chief |
We had a chance to tour the White
House, the Capital, and the Supreme Court. We didn't actually get to
see any always being made, but we got to see where every stage of the
process takes place. It was a lot of fun.
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| Linda and Roze at the White House |
We spent quite a bit of times seeing
the great monuments of the town, some of by walking from place to
place, and the rest using a hop on – hop off bus. The bus got us
farther out to places like Arlington, which would have been kind of a
challenge by foot alone.
At Arlington we saw the Kennedys and
the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. I
think the most moving part of the visit at Arlington is gazing out at
all of the graves of people who served the country and protected us
over the years. There are lots and lots of them.
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| Arlington |
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| Changing of the Gaurd |
We did of course go to the Smithsonian
a couple of times. It is one of the greatest collections of cool
things anywhere. Any building that has a huge steam locomotive,
Archie Bunker's chair, and Kermit the Frog is pretty incredible.
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| Smithsonian |
We will be home late Saturday night as
long as the airlines cooperate.
Until we see you again, we hope you are
doing well.
More pictures at this Picasa Link.
Stephen and Linda
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