Washington DC

Capital Buildings

White House

George Washington

Ed at the White House

Fountain in square in front of Art Garden 

Washington Monument

Arlys in front of National Museum of Natural History

We made it to Washington DC. The city is very large and we were lucky enough to find a campground that has a bus that takes you to the subway station. We took the subway into the capital and it turned out to be very easy to do. Traffic here is horrible. There are 800,000 federal employees that go downtown to work every day. Glad I don’t have to do that every day. The downtown is full of very large and beautiful buildings. Each department has about a one block building and it is very spread out. We only saw a portion of it but enjoyed it very much. We walked the mall and saw the Whitehouse. You can’t get very close to it. It has a wrought iron fence around the perimeter. But you can look through. We saw the vegetable garden that Michelle Obama planted with her girls. But no Michelle today. We also walked through the Smithsonian Institutes. We only had time to visit a few of the museums. We chose the National Museum of Natural History. That is the one that Ben Stiller was in the movie The Night of the Museum. Also visited the National Museum of American History. Also went into the Visitors Centre at the Whitehouse and it had some beautiful paintings in it. We took lots of pictures including the US Capital Building and the Washington Monument. Lots and lots of tourists here. I don’t know if that is going to be the trend as school is out here now or not. Previous to this it has been fairly quiet. Maybe it is just because we are in the capital of the US. Please see some of the many pictures we have of Washington. Hope you enjoy them.