Been There, Done That, Got The Photo 2242hrs

I can now “officially” say (and PROVE!)  I’ve been to the Washington Monument:

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Of course as you can see, it was from the drivers’ seat of “the office” after I had dropped the kids off!  But I’ve been close enough to it to photograph now!

Yeah… I know I’m a dumb-ass… if I had turned the OTHER way… I could have EVEN MORE EASILY PHOTOGRAPHED THE CAPITOL BUILDING WHICH WAS ONLY TWO BLOCKS AWAY…<sigh>

Anyways… another day of driving around DC… picking up here, dropping off there… lots of traffic and crowded streets.

I DID manage to get a nice “leisurely” break in at Union Station in downtown DC…

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I’m starting to know my way around DC…some!  I’d love to come down here sometime and play Mr. Wong for a couple of days on my own to really enjoy the sites.

Tomorrow is another hectic day… I have to give up the luxury accomodations as we move North to New Jersey in preparation for Thursday’s visit in New York City… and I do mean DOWN-FUCKING-TOWN!  Right at morning rush hour no less…<sigh>

Oh well…gotta learn sometime right?

Maryland in a day

Did the whirlwind tour of Maryland today… first it was to Fort McHenry in Baltimore…then up to Annapolis to visit the Naval Academy… then back down to Baltimore until 1900hrs tonight… lots of driving… lots of sitting around waiting to drive!  LOL  All part and parcel with the job!  Did get a few photos today of Baltimore harbor…

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Of course I found the perfect car for my sweetie…where else but at the Naval Academy!

And I found her the perfect dog to go with her car!

I could just SOOOO see her walking that thing!  ROFLMAO

Tomorrow it’s back to DC for the day… National Zoo, National Archives, Old Post Office Pavilion, American History Museum, Air & Space Museum, Union Station and finally to the Washington Nationals baseball game vs. San Francisco Giants… and before you ask… no I can’t go to any of it!  🙁  Washington is a wicked tourist friendly, bus / driver UN-friendly city… no parking anywhere NEAR those places… oh well.