This week I am in Washington DC at the GV Expo.
I got to the convention center and found my setup was very short. After helping My friend Bob Crites as much as I could it was suggested to me that I should go and take a tour of our Nation's Capitol since I have never been here before
This is the Convention Center where the show is being held
I bought a ticket for a double decker bus you and off I went.
The first thing I saw was Ford's Theatre where Lincoln was shot
This is the house that Lincoln was taken to and then died after the shooting.
This is as close as we got to the White House
It is kinda cool how in some areas they really try and make the houses that are connected to each other look different.
This is the Nations Cathedral where most presidents had there funerals. It is also the last place that martin Luther King preached before he was shot and 5 days after the sermon they had his funeral here.
This Stone house was built in 1776 in Georgetown.
The guide wanted us to know how expensive houses are in Georgetown so he showed us this little blue one that is only 9 feet wide... it just sold for $550,000
The Guide took a picture ofme with the Capital in the background... It was very cold and i forgot my Coat so i did the 2.5 hour tour dressed like this!
The last stop was Union Station. This was a very pretty Christams tree that was in there.
I have to say that i could have gone to see the lighting of the Official Christmas tree as it was tonight but it was just to cold!
Instead of going to the official lighting, I went to dinner with Jerry, Myself, Bob, and Daine
Bob and I then went to the Lincoln Memorial. It was quite a sacred place.
Another view
Bob and I took pictures with the monument... Hmmm... who is the better Photog?? :)
There were other things I saw also like Embassy row where most of the world's embassies are. Some were rather large and many were no larger than a small house.
I would love to live by one so that when sombody asks me who is my neighbor I would just say.. "Africa" :)
2 comments:
It looks great! I hope you keep it up, I think it would be awsome to keep it for a year or longer. I'm sorry you were so cold!
It was acually quite interesting. I could have gone to the official Christmas tree lighting but I didn't want to ewait in the cold for 4 hours!
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