Postby KeithS » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:24 am
Day Nine - Saturday
Not at work today, but still working. I had to spend most of this weekend developing a paper and associated presentation for Monday, so my time for sightseeing was pretty limited.
That said, I did get out this morning and walked past the White House into the shopping part of town. I wanted to pick up a book at Barnes and Noble, as well as some post cards. It was a beautiful morning, the heat and humidity have gone and it was cool and clear. After the shops, I headed down to the National Archives as I wanted to see the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, however when I got there, there was a giant line at security and I really didn't have the time to spend there waiting, so I headed back to the hotel. I grabbed a great panini for lunch (bacon, chicken, turkey, ham, salami, cheese, BBQ sauce - yummo - I could feel my arteries hardening LOL!)
Back at the hotel after lunch and I worked for a while up to dinner time. I then grabbed some food for dinner, skyped with Della, then watched a bit of TV in the evening.
Day Ten - Sunday
Another beautiful morning, so I did a bit of my report in the morning up to 11:30. Then I headed from the hotel, past the White House, across the Ellipse, past the Washington Monument, then down the Mall all the way to the Capitol Building. There I had the tastiest hot dog I have ever had (I should have eaten a couple more, they were so good!). I then headed back to the hotel and spent the afternoon on my report again - it is just about finished. Now I'm watching the Nascar racing which is on hold because of rain - oh well. I'll be getting dinner soon.
In the meantime, here are a couple of photos of the Capitol Building from earlier today.
US Capitol Building
Amazing sculpture depicting the civil war
Close up of the US Capitol Building
Keith
Trip history:
DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
Aulani: 2015