Washington DC (part 1)
Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Tue 26 Jun 2012 01:00
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Our Position is 38:57.316N 76:31.824W
Monday was a busy day doing all the laundry,
tidying the boat, washing down the decks and catching up on sleep. Joe returned
in the evening ready for an early start on Tuesday.
Joe was our guide to see Washington DC on Tuesday
and Wednesday. two days were obviously not enough to see the sights and tour the
museums and galleries of this prestigious city, so our brief to Joe was to
enlighten us about government and see that which can only be seen in DC. Joe has
spent much of his working life in government offices on "The Hill" so he
was the right man for the job. We did the tourist tour of the Capitol building
on Tuesday along with the White House and monuments, and on Wednesday Joe
got passes to watch proceedings of both the Senate Chamber and The House of
Representatives from the gallery. His understanding of the real working of
government and his patience and humour when answering Kay's endless
questions made the capital come alive. Thanks Joe.
We also found time to visit some non-political
places - The Newseum (all about how news is gathered, journalists and news from
the past as well as the development of different media for news - very
interesting and impressive), The Air and Space museum (still had something to
add after Kennedy Spac Centre) and the American Indian museum, with a special
display about horses in America.
  Waiting for the Metro at New
Carollton
In front of the White House
  The White House
Lawns
Michelle's veg garden.
  Joe points out the sights Kay takes the pictures
(hundreds)
Joe was always explaining, Kay always questioning. Smithsonian Castle
gardens.
 Getting the passes in the Rayburn
Building
Time for a beer at Bullfeathers (The guy with the hat is a shoeshine
boy)
 Lots of demonstrations about just about everything.
1st amendment at
work. Looking across
the bridge to the Arlington Cemetary. JFK is buried here.
 Republican Party
HQ.
Hotdog and coke for lunch on the sidewalk
  View from the
Newseum
The radio antenna from one of the twin towers
Board remembering jounelists who died bringing us
the news Spirit of St Louis in the Aviation
Museum. (Moorglade seemed a better bet)
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