Joel and Kristine

Ford's Theater where Lincoln was shot

On Tuesday, we woke up early to make the drive to Perryville, Maryland to catch the MARC train into DC. We got to drive through Delaware for about 10 minutes on the hour and a half drive. When we got to Perryville, we had about 5 minutes to catch the train. All the parking spots were taken so we took our chance and parked on the street. We had to run to the train and barely made it. As soon as we sat down it started moving for our hour and a half train ride into the city. It was a nice and quiet trip with a pretty view of the Maryland country side as we came into the city.

U.S. Treasury Office... I need a bailout!

We finally got into D.C. and walked into Chinatown for lunch. We met with my Department of Justice contact and he ate with us for lunch. After lunch we walked to the White House. On our way their we passed Ford’s Theater and got to see the building where Lincoln died. The theater was closed so we didn’t get to go in but the construction on it was finally done from my last trip up there.

White House.. but Obama wasn't home

We made it to the White House but Obama wasn’t home. No loss; but we got some nice photos of the building and the snipers hanging out on the roof. I waved at them but they never waved back.

We walked from the White House to the Washington Memorial but it was also sold out for the day as well. We walked down to the World War II Memorial on our way to the Lincoln Memorial. It was actually very windy and the water from the fountains were blowing everywhere.

You could also see the Jefferson Memorial from the memorial which was surrounded by Cherry blossoms (more in a later post). From there we headed to the Lincoln Memorial for a meeting with ol’ Abe.

Joel and Kristine at the White House

Snipers?

White House

Washington Memorial

Florida at the World War II Memorial

Jefferson Memorial