Kramer's Big Adventure

Oct 27 We are at Greenbelt Public Library to post another blog!

We have been in DC since Oct 18 and have seen and done TONS of things. We have had mostly good weather for touring but we are now in a New England northeaster so it is very wet and cold. We are staying in a National Park Campsite northeast of Washington DC. It its only 10 minutes from the DC Metro line so we have easy access to the city. The Metro is amazing with clean trains and good schedules but Mark felt a little claustrophobic with being in a small car deep under the city.

Metro Station

We have walked our feet off but enjoyed being outside and seeing the beautiful capital city.

We have seen all the presidential and war monuments on the mall and tidal basin. We had tours of the Supreme Court, Library of Congress The US Capital, the White House, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Thanks to our congresswoman we did not have to wait in the really long lines for those without reservations. As we expected the city is always busy with lots of tour and school buses dropping off and picking up everywhere.

We went to the Gallery of Art, Botanic Garden, Sculpture Garden, Zoo (with Pandas!), Arlington Cemetery, National Cathedral, Mount Vernon, Air and Space Museum, Natural History Museum and National Museum of American History. Even though we will spend 11 days here we have just scratched the surface of all the places to see and visit here. Everything is very impressive and educational but the security, although understandable, is very frustrating - it is like going through the airport at each one. The White House was most daunting procedure.