Whirlwind Tour of Washington DC...

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a one-day seminar in Washington, DC.  Unfortunately I had only planned for a half day of touring, but by the time I arrived, after flight cancellations and other delays, my half day turned into a couple of hours - in the rain. 

Oh well, I made the best of it and powered on.  My hotel was within a 5 minute walk to the White House, so that was my first stop.

J came along for the trip and spent the following day touring around while I was attending the seminar.  Maybe he'll share some of his photos with me so I can share with you.

The highlight of my trip (besides all of the sailors at the Naval Memorial) - I saw the Presidential Motorcade -sirens, secret service men, dark glasses, black SUVs and all.  Very exciting!

One day certainly is not enough time to see everything DC has to offer.  J and I can hardly wait to go back.


Back Lawn of the White House

Secret Service Squirrel

Sorry, didn't get the name of this one...

Front of the White House


House Where Lincoln Died...

 
Gumby @ Smithsonian Sculpture Garden

Comments

Brian Miller said…
secret service squirrel...ha...i love DC...will be up sometime this summer as i usually try to go with the fam once a year....so much to see i dont know you would ever get to the end of it...
June 18, 2013 at 5:29 PM
Simply Suthern said…
Did you happen to see that Denny's I saw when I was there a while back?

My friend was there at a conference last week as well.

Can you imagine how Lincoln would feel if he knew they were selling tickets to see where he was shot?
June 18, 2013 at 9:39 PM
Beatriz said…
That is so cool! How exciting :) Hope to see photos soon!
June 19, 2013 at 12:20 PM
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