Tuesday, April 16, 2013
too much stuff to write about!
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| Flag on the White House at half mast to Honor Boston Marathon victims |
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Today was a day of walking in the extreme. City blocks are extra long in Washington and the Capitol Hill District. We began our DC adventure by taking the metro to centro. I am going to do our itinerary in list form:
Walked to the National Archives, but there were too many school tours. We left.
Canadian Embassy – photos of the Arctic and a Bill Reid sculpture (under whelming).
National Gallery of Art on Constitution Avenue. Roy Lichtenstein, Rembrandt, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Matisse, to name a few of the artists’ work that we saw.
We ate at the Gallery Cafeteria, but it was chef inspired food. Best we had in DC.
Walked to Capitol Hill. Talked to a jogger that gave us the low down on a brick fountain building. Presidents, Senators and Supreme Court Justices drank here before indoor plumbing.
Capitol Hill Building – crowded – we left.
Library of Congress – inside was extremely well done. Architecture, marble and painted quotes.
Too tired to go to the Supreme Court – saw from sidewalk
Barely walked to U.S. Botanical Gardens.
Walked down Pennsylvania Ave. to the closest bar to White House. OFF THE RECORD – next table was in the Oval Office that day.
Waited for motorcade on blocked off road – no President
Subway to Eastern Market – ate donuts & had drinks
Walked to Union Station
Collapsed into bed
Thursday, April 18, 2013
We started our one of many days of future driving at Washington DC.
We are in it for the long haul now. Once past our very immediate hotel area of wholesale and warehousing we were into brick buildings attached with turrets. Old and charming homes We drove through the bucolic countryside around Arlington, Virginia. We continued through Maryland up into Pennsylvania. Both states had rolling hills with many deciduous trees. In Maryland, with the slight bit of rain, we thought it looked like Vancouver, BC or Seattle area, except needed more coniferous trees. The homes appeared to be in big unfenced yards. Going through much of Pennsylvania and Ohio we joined up with and drove on the turnpike or toll roads. For your toll you got huge, clean and temperature controlled rest stations. These rest areas are reminiscent of a food court or mall. You can overnight at them in your vehicle.
The highlight of my day was trying out a Baby Lock Tiara long arm quilting machine at Sewing Solutions in Bedford, PA with stitch regulator. If I had the money I’d have bought it right then and there – wow! Great machine~ Spent some travel time comparing similar machines.
