Saturday, May 23, 2009

23 May 2009 Memorial day in the US and where are we? , in the Nation’s Capital of course.

After our nights rest in Baltimore, Michi squeezed out another Bass Pro in Maryland and it was already programmed when I switched “the bitch” on that morning. So we had our via point set for the day. At first  we did not realise it, but this is memorial day weekend in the US, one of the big holidays, with everybody going on long weekend. Schools are also closed for summer holidays which only dawned on us whilst we were driving to Washington DC. I thought this was going to be difficult and thought traffic jams would be imminent, but to my surprise it seemed business as usual for the Americans. Traffic was normal and we got good views of the White house, State Capitol , Supreme Court Gallery of Art , Jefferson memorial ,Library of congress and the Washington monument.

Bass Pro in Maryland I particularly liked the Background "Free The Fighter" P5230013 P5230006 That Jet drive again P5230017

On to Washington

P5230021 They are the same, wherever they are in the world. beautiful hoses on the wayside. Supreme court P5230052 The Washington monument P5230086 P5230087 US Capitol P5230097 P5230099 P5230101

P5230109 P5230111 The Pentagon P5230120 The Pentagon memorial Our Hotel for tonight, In this heat 30 Deg C the swimmingpool is a welcome relief.

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