Touristing

We settled in to DC for a couple of days and then Perry and Susan drove up to join us for the weekend and we tramped around doing (some of ) the sights ,starting with the huge fish market just down the road.......or the water if that tickles yer fancy.

Sculpture gardens. This ones called Thinker on a Rock.

There's this park running in a straight line from the Capitol Building.

Down past the Washington Monument ,a huge obelisk that's about in the middle (and visible from our anchorage )

Then it's past the 2nd World War (that's the one after The War to End all Wars ) Memorial.

Then along the Reflecting Pool to the massive Lincoln Memorial.

Never seen so many people in one place getting selfies with the great man.

Just off to Abe's left is the Vietnam Memorial.A statue of 3 soldiers looking over at a simple black marble cut with the names of all the boys that never got to live a life cos some old men thought that communism was worth shedding blood for.

 Guess it means more to me because it's the only war that I might have had to go to. It's  so sad to see the family members that were left making tracings of the names of the lost boys and girls.

But apparently a war is a good way to get economies on their feet so..................

Anyway...there's the Whitehouse.

Lining each side of this big long park, The National Mall ,by name ,are dozens of museums and art galleries. We did a few on the weekend and it makes for  pretty exhausting days....but nothing a jam in the cockpit with a few beers in the evening won't fix.

Unfortunately Perry and Susan had to get back to North Carolina which was a real shame cos a couple of days later the National Mall hosted (and is still hosting) a folk festival featuring China and Kenya. Food,music,dancing,folklore,crafts and......everything.

But......I've had enough for today.