Washington, D.C.

The Trip of a Lifetime

August 1 - Drove to Washington DC. Seeing the temple appear over the freeway was just as beautiful as everyone described. We were able to do a session at the temple there that evening. It's fun to see how they manage things just a little differently. The next day we were able to leave our truck and trailer at the hotel and shuttle to the metro then ride the subway into Washington DC historical section. We went to the Washington Monument with it's two different colored stones. The White House didn't seem like the White House because the scene we always see is the back of the building. It had gorgeous, green, lush lawns all around with soccer, cricket, and football games going on. We walked past the reflecting pool that Forest Gump walked through. Cute little ducks and geese were very friendly and were thick there. Then we went to the Lincoln Memorial. These are so huge and impressive. The humidity was so heavy that we were perspiring profusely, but no worries, cause everyone else was too. Even our arms and legs got shiny. We got on a trolley and took a tour through the rest of the town. The only places that we didn't get to see was the Smithsonian Institute and Arlington National Cemetery with the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. At Washington DC, my camera 4 gig memory card filled up and Dennis kindly bought me a little 1 gig to get me by until we could download my 350 pix that I'd already taken. He thinks I'm turning into a Japanese tourist.