6-26-10 Saturday (Please Don’t Touch The White House)

The gang headed into DC via cars for our 9 am White House tour.  Luckily parking in the area wasn’t as difficult as we were prepared for.  With extra time at hand we stopped at a Subway for breakfast.

  Above: Laurie stays connected via her iPhone.

Onward to the White House!  White House tours have to be reserved well in advance.  It takes contacting your Senator’s office to coordinate a tour.  Once we went through various security check points, we were in!  No photos were permitted.  We walked through or past several rooms reading information boards.  Tim touched the walls in one room and was scolded.  I had to put that in the blog because it became a running joke for several days.  The walls he touched weren’t traditional.  They were made by fabric stretched between wood frames instead of drywall.  Tim saw the abnormalities and investigated with his fingers.  Bad Tim, bad.  No damage was done.

After the White house tour we made our way (or tried) to the Capitol. 

Above: Pearl answers that ever so important question – how the hell do we get there?

 

Above: Tim says, “Let me know when you’ve figured it out.  I’ll wait.”

 Above: Tim and Jim at the Metro station.

Above: Laurie & Pearl at the Metro station.

Above: Tim – that’s our train!

Above: Pearl & Laurie ON the Metro.

Above: Tim & Carl.

Above: Tim & Carl.

Above: Pearl & Laurie.  We made it!

We missed our appointed tour time but were still able to get in!  We were able to take photos here.  Beautiful.  I must say – personally, I think the Capitol has got it goin’ on. 

Above: Jim and Garret at the Capitol!

  Above: Jim stands on the 4 quadrants of the Capitol.

 

We departed DC.  Jim and I returned to the RV while the rest of the gang napped.  Later we met at TGI Friday’s for dinner and then drove back into DC to see the various memorials and monuments at night.

Above/Below: Lincoln Memorial 

Above: Washington Monument.

Above: Korean War Memorial.

Above: World War 2 Memorial. 

We saw more than I photographed but the darkness made for poor quality in some cases.

So what about Weight Watchers point break downs?  Well, I just haven’t had the time.  Looking up foods is time consuming.  I’ve been doing salads and chicken as possible.  I’ve made good choices.  The points will have to wait until after this trip.  I can’t keep up.

We strolled around an old village.  We then went for lunch and off to some water gardens.  We actually spotted an old Cadillac with cattle horns.  Next off to the stockyards.  Damn it was hot!  See it all here.

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