Washington
DC Trip
April 8 - 12,
2010
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View at night from room at JW Marriott
one block from White House grounds |
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Three tired musketeers at arrival |
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Looks like the Washington Monument needs help to stay upright |
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Capitol viewed from Washington Monument |
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White House zoomed in while walking to WWII Memorial |
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Lincolm Memorial with WWII Memorial in front as viewed from Washington Memorial |
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WWII Memorial - each State is recognized |
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Washington Memorial viewed from WWII Memorial |
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Still at the WWII Memorial |
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Walking by the reflecting pool to the Lincoln Memorial |
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Ranger-speaker knew a LOT about Lincoln |
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Interesting building architecture |
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Willard International Hotel across from our JW Marriott |
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Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival photo shoot on street |
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Just where I wanted them - at the Museum of Crime and Punishment |
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Safe cracking opportunity |
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Try to drive cop car chasing eluding car |
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"Crime Scene" to be solved later in the workshop |
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Food Court Dinner the first full day of our trip |
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view across Pennsylvania Avenue at the hotel |
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Lincoln was shot there! (See some piece of the scenery of the Little Shop of Horrors playstage |
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View of Washington Memorial at night from Concierge Lounge on 14th floor |
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Concierge Lounge at the hotel |
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Samauri Demonstration across from hotel |
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Capt,. McDevitt walking tour with Ford's Theatre |
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waiting for "Destiny" play at Ford's Theatre in the balcony |
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Streets blocked off for the Cherry Blossom parade and festival |
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Parade on Constitution Avenue |
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Dinner with BJ and Buddy in Old Arlington at TexMex Restaurant |
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Night tour photos - monuments viewed from car at night |
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Washington Memorial, Lincoln Memorial |
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Vietnam Memorial at night |
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Einstein deep in the gardens |
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Tour Guide (Buddy) Jesse and Stephen |
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Viewed from the Jefferson Memorial across the tidal basin |
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Capitol Bldg at night from moving car |
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Day view from hotel window |
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On the way to Smithsonian Air & Space Museum |
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Original Smithsoniam Museum |
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Inside the Air & Space Museum |
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Flight or Space Walk simulators |
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Washington Memorial viewed from the Smithsonian Mall area |
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Capitol viewed from Smithsonian Mall |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Garden Area of Museum of Art and Sculpture |
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Look how the perspectives of the house change as you walk around it |
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The danger of giving a boy a camera and no supervision |
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Museum of American History - Gallery of First Ladies Gowns and Memorabilia |
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Peddlar wagon/cart -Like Tommaso used for fruits |
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Great food at the American Museum |
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Mitchell had to make a souvenir from the penny |
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Willard International Hotel - site where MLK wrote I have a dream speech |
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Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum |
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Note the electric scooters |
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Out front of the Library of Congress |
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Freedom on the top of the Capitol Bldg |
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For some reason the man with the mulch hose caught the attention of photographer Mitchell |
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Inside the Hart Senate Office Bldg |
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On the way to Senator Menendez' office |
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Old Tram used to move between Senate office buildings and the Capitol |
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Capitol underground visitor center |
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Only statute of a child in the Capitol |
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Note the Hawaii statute in the back [each state gets to have 2 statutes in the Capitol buildings] |
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Overlapping model of DC buildings |
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Old Supreme Court chambers within the Capitol |
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In the Capitol - where the Senators would have desks during the time that John Q Adams was a Senator |
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spot where John Q Adams desk sat and he could hear conversations across the rotunda |
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Our Senate Aide guide - Steve |
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Rotunda of the Capitol - architecture and art are grand and amazing |
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Box which contained the Loaned Magna Carta from Britain - document returned, box stayed - Magna Carta in engraved on the panel barely visible in case |
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In Senator Menendez' office |
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Our great guides and help from Sen. Menendez' staff - Steve and Giannelle |
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Fountain in front of the Library of Congress - last item we were able to enjoy before going back to the hotel to pack and return |
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