Val On Line: Washington DC

Sunday

Washington DC - Library of Congress

Washington DC

Washington DC - National Museum of the American Indian

This museum was really enjoyable. The food in the cafe is outstanding and the exhibits are well done. I especially liked an exhibit on treaties. It was strange timing... the day we were visiting the museum the IAIA archivist was in DC in a near-by house collecting the papers of Suzan Harjo, one of the people instrumental in researching and creating the treaty exhibit.

The building is beautiful and has a lot of symbolic architecture and art inside and as part of the landscape.

Washington DC - Kayak Trip

Kayaking in the Potomac. We launched from a kayak rental place near the Key Bridge. The day we kayaked there was a college rowing regatta going on, so there were lots of boats in the water and hundreds of people standing along the shores watching the boat races.

Here we are watching one of the races.

Washington DC - Buildings and Monuments

The day we visited most of the memorials we rented these city bikes in Georgetown and rode them to nearly all of the monuments. It was a super hot day - 92 degrees and humid. We were happy to be able to see so many places so quickly.

The White House - in the backyard

Korean War Memorial

Vietnam Memorial. I visited this when I was 13 years old and the memorial was really new at that time. In my memory it was one of the saddest places in the world. Visiting it now, it didn't seem as sad, and the Vietnam Veterans who were at the memorial did not seem sad on this particular day.