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Washington D.C. – March 31st – Part 3

Joel — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:41:38 +0000

Kristine under the cherry blossomes

While we were in D.C., it was the Cherry Blossom Festival which was amazing. I had never seen so many cherry blossoms all over. The blossoms were everywhere especially near the tide pool area and the Jefferson Memorial. This will just be a quick photo update blog but still have more of D.C. to document!

Mike and Alice under the cherry trees

Cherry Blossoms

Jefferson Memorial on the tide pool

Jefferson Memorial on the tide pool surrounded by cherry blossoms

Special duck with cherry blossoms

Cherry Blossoms

Washington D.C. – March 31st – Part 2

Joel — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:00:54 +0000

World War II Memorial

Joel and Kristine in front of the reflecting pool

From the World War II Memorial we walked along the reflecting pool towards the Vietnam Memorial. We didn’t walk to it but walked by it. From there we headed up to the Lincoln Memorial. The lake to the north side of the reflecting pool was drained as they were shoveling the sediment out of it. Was funny the ducks were still hanging around the lake looking for the water. At this point we knew Kristine was pregnant so she had to drink a ton of water. We stopped at a little booth and made sure she and little Turkey were kept hydrated.

We walked on to the Lincoln Memorial and I am always shocked at how big he is. Kristine didn’t realize how big he was either. Last time I was here, I had all my luggage with me since I was ‘officially’ on my way to Reagan International for my flight back home. Was nice to enjoy a stroll around DC without the clack clack clack of my luggage behind me; that and not being in a suit.

Entrance into the Lincoln Memorial

Mike and Alice in front of Abe

Joel and Kristine in front of Mr. Lincoln

View down the mall after visiting with President Lincoln

We walked on to the Korean War Memorial which is a few steps away from the Lincoln Memorial. While we were there, birds were loving to swim in the water. Being bird lovers we had to watch and laugh at the cute birds.

From there we walked on to the tide pool area to view the Cherry Blossom Festival.

Korean War Memorial

Birds bathing in the Korean War Memorial water

Washington D.C. – March 31st – Part 1

Joel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:29:34 +0000

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

Trip to Washington DC

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:39:38 +0000

I went on a trip to Washington, D.C. for work and actually had a few hours to tour around the DC area. Click on the dates to see additional photos from the trip!

October 20, 2008

Starbucks in Chinatown

Bed where Lincoln died

FBI Building

House side of the Capitol

Panoramic view of the Capitol

Washington Monument

Close up of the Whitehouse

Back side of the Whitehouse

October 21, 2008

Whitehouse and motorcade

Atlantic side of the World War II Memorial

Vietnam Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument with the Capitol in the background

Abe