DC with Teresia and John

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I met Teresia and John in Alexandria, VA for a quick holiday tour in and around DC. What a great time we had.

We drove through the Shenandoah Valley to Civil war battle sites including Gettysburg. Tried to purchase a memory stick from an incompetent group of staff at Radio Shack, I very nearly had to do their job just to make the sale.

Saw Jefferson’s Monticello and then back up to Alexandria. I must say if you are in the DC area make a visit to historic Alexandria, a perfect community if I’ve ever seen one.

Did the obligatory sites in DC. Best eat: The Old Ebbitt Grill just a block away from the White House

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Photos

Capitol Building
I was very lucky to get a tour today.

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
A most auspicious position for a calm coolheaded general and president. The largest equestrian statue in the United States and second largest in the world.

FDR Memorial
FDR and Fala (Scottish Terrier)

Gettysburg Battle Field Memorial
More memorials, monuments and tributes per acre than I’ve ever seen before. The battlefield was expansive and had it not been for a few miscalculations the results of the battle may have been very different. One person on the tour kept asking the guide “what if” questions and second guessing the battle strategy as if he was an expert that is planning on time traveling back to the past to change the outcome.

American Indian Museum
One of the newer museums on the mall.

Jefferson’s Monticello
To walk thru the rooms of Jefferson’s home and around his gardens is to participate in the history that made America unique and great.

Library of Congress
The largest library (system) in the world.

Lincoln Memorial At Night
Penny for your thoughts.

We The People.....
The more I travel the more I come to appreciate the liberties and freedoms secured by this and other contemporary documents.

National Building Museum
A must see for anyone in the building industry.

NIH (National Institutes of Health )
I got past the gates of this guarded Medical Center because Teresia was there to write a story on the new garden. Hi John.

View from Washington Monument (East)
US Capitol Building

View from Washington Monument (North)
White House

Comments

[Uncle Cliff]

Documenting America's Greatness
Donavan, you have photo documented America's greatest strength's and our most proud moments and accomplishments in history. Perhaps someday in our future, America will return to this path of freedom, justice and equal opportunity for ALL sñ tñ do; nÁn tñ do

[John]

Great Photographs
Great photographs, Donavin. I took many photographs on this trip, and I may as well throw them all away. You catch the essence of what we saw and did in Washington D.C. so much better and so much more beautifullly. A nice reminder of a wonderful trip.