Yesterday, I talked my Dad into heading home from Maryland straight through the heart of our nation’s capital so we could say we had sure enough been in it, rather than skirting it on the Beltway again. So we took the George Washington Parkway in, which was beautiful on this unseasonably warm fall day, and drove over the river via the Memorial Bridge, which is definitely the way to do it.
Trouble was, I was driving, and the weather was so great that all the parking spaces were taken, so my photography (with my phone) of the landmarks leaves something to be desired. You may actually recognize the landmark above, even thought the pointy part at the top was missing.
But the one below — well, all I can say is that we were crossing over the Mall from the Pennsylvania Ave. side to the other, and we had a great view of the Capitol off to the left, and, well, I snapped this (without looking, of course) a split-second too late. I think the dome that does show is actually part of the Smithsonian.
At least my intentions were good. I meant to share the view with y’all; I really did…
Related Posts
because we don’t know what the Washington Monument looks like?
Thanks for thinking of us! I guess.
Hey, you’ve never seen it like this!
You know what I mean — like when you send somebody a postcard of some obvious landmark, just to let them know you were thinking of them…
You should have taken a garden gnome to photograph in–or a MayorBob bobble head!
I hope you weren’t moving while you took these photos. If so shame on you. I’ve been fighting for 20+ years to help promote highway safety. For goodness sake man help me out here.
Bud,
Maybe he was wearing a safety helmet like the pre-teen ATV riders that the government has to protect.