As anyone who know will tell you, Washington is a “walking city”. There is a bus that you can get on and off for about $30 a day and it will get you close to most things. Since Dan and Dee live here we drove into the city and took the Metro which is the subway. It got us within walking distance of most things…but the key word here is “walking”.
Monday we did the Washington monument, the national archives, American history museum…I accidentally deleted all of the pictures from Monday, but you can go on line to see all of them.
Tuesday we did the Bureau of Engraving and Printing where we saw paper money being printed. The National archives where all of the documents, such as the Declaration of Independence are kept, the Jefferson memorial and the Holocaust museum which was very well done, but we did one hell of a lot of walking. There was no photography in any of these places
Wednesday we did the Marine Corp memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
and Ford Theatre where Lincoln was shot
as well as the house across the street where he died.
The picture of the bedroom did not come out too well, and my camera battery was dying, plus it was a very, very small room with lots of people…you can see Linda’s head and Dan’s hat and face and that’s about it. I tried to get a shot of the bed, but my battery died.
Most of the places visited require at least a bag x-ray and photo ID, and most also required a ticket that you should purchase on line before hand. Some required that you empty your pockets and everything has to go the the x-ray machine. I had to have a personal search with a metal detector every time because of my knees, which are metal.
The lines are long and waits can be very annoying. But it is one of the things that we have to put up with after 9-11.
Here are the rest of today's pictures
http://picasaweb.google.com/rufnitII/20100811Washington3#
If you are coming to Washington, I would highly recommend coming in the spring or fall, one because of the heat and, two because of the crowds….wait until vacations are over and the kids are back in school……plus it will be one hell of a lot cooler…
and do your research!!!! you can get on line tickets for a lot of things and maybe plan your trip to try and eliminate some of the walking.
Dan and Dee have been wonderful tour guides and we thank them so much for opening their house to us and taking days off so that they could give us a personal tour of the city. It has been a wonderful experience, even though I was grouchy from the heat, crowds and security.
In October it is off to Disneyworld in Florida for 5 days with our son Jeff, his wife Lorie, and the grandkids, Jamie and Jordan, age 6
Than on to Amazon.com in Kentucky for about 10 weeks of work to pay for Disney and taxes.
Hope that this finds you all well and surviving the heat of this summer…….damn!, it has been hot and humid!!!!
love to all of you
Jim and Linda
Love it, love it, love it. Really enjoyed reading your blog and your honest expression of what you are feeling. The heat and humidity is one very big reason we keep coming back to southern Colorado for the summers. Yesterday we had a high of 74, slight breeze, put the heater on before we went to bed because it was 46 degrees. Greaaaaaaat!
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