A Lovely Day in DC
jewel February 8th, 2009
It’s been a long winter. Not much in the way of snow so far, but it’s been miserably cold; not exactly conducive for me getting out of the house much. This weekend, however, it has been GORGEOUS! Temps in the mid 60′s, sunny. A nice break. So, we decided to get out of the house and enjoy our day!
I figured that living up here for 8 1/2 years without seeing the Lincoln Memorial was long enough, so with that in mind we jumped in the car, drove to the Vienna Metro station and took the metro into DC. Getting off the metro at the Smithsonian was familiar enough; we’ve done that many times to visit the musuems. Strangely, this is the first time we’ve done so with no intention of visiting any of the museums. It was too nice a day to spend it indoors anyway.
First stop — the Washington Monument. One of these days we’ll have to go to the top. I think the view from up there must be incredible! Today, though, I really wanted to enjoy the sunshine and not deal with any lines (although they did look pretty manageable). I started out my photo taking day with my wide angle lens and took several shots of the Washington Monument — including one I really like!
Then we headed for the WWII Memorial on our way to the Lincoln Memorial. I would really like to see the WWII Memorial at night with all the fountains going. It must be quite an impressive sight. Even still, standing in front of the Field of Stars, does give you pause.
After taking a good, long look at the WWII Memorial, we decided to head toward the Lincoln Memorial. I’m excited because I’ve never been to this side of the National Mall before and I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time. We stopped on the far side of the Reflecting Pool to take in the view. It was gorgeous. My photo of this view does not do it justice at all. I really nead to come here one evening this spring so that I can see it all lit up.
The statue of Lincoln is far more impressive than I thought it would be. It’s an amazing pice of art. I have often admired the talent and skill that must be required to take on such a task as this. He sits up on his throne with his flowing coat, looking quite majestic. Impressive!
After this we decided to take a stroll past The White House and then back home.
To see the rest of my pictures from todays trek, check out my gallery here.
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- Comments(2)
Amazing photos, and I am exceedingly jealous of the Washington Monument photo, brilliant stuff! (I’ll resist the urge to give you grief over seeing less of the monuments of D.C. than I have in the past few years
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The Washington Monument photo is the only one I took that I actually like. The others are ok, but eh..
Go ahead, give me a hard time, I can take it