Wow! I spent yesterday in Washington DC. I'm visiting my step daughters on the East Coast. My first stay is with Emily & her fiancé, Chris, in Fairfax VA. We went into DC with Chris's dad about noon. We spent over THREE (perhaps over four) hours in the Newseum. What a great place. Even the orientation video had great news clips. The museum is 6 floors of wonderful exhibits of historical news events. The 9/11 gallery was very touching, and the Pulitzer photographs were gut wrenching, humorous, and extremely moving. The exhibits had different ways of presenting the material so it was never boring. I highly recommend the Newseum. It just opened earlier this year so it is still clean and "fresh."
At 6pm we made our way, by car, to the Dept of Labor building where Chris works. It's several blocks from the Capitol Building. We had a security check to get into the underground parking lot, and another check to get into the building. We were just four of many going through that. We made our way to the roof top along with many other people. I think initially there were dozens of people and eventually a couple of hundred. (I'm a poor judge of estimating so ...)
We picnicked on the roof top then lounged around in chairs to await the 8pm concert in front of the Capitol Building which we could see from one side of the roof top. From our vantage point, the Capitol was to the left, and the Washington monument was to the right (west). Huey Lewis played but it was difficult to hear. At 9:15-ish the fireworks started immediately behind the Washington Monument. WOW! & DOUBLE WOW! What an experience! A rooftop full of people oohing & aahing. Also, from our vantage point, we could see at least 6 other fireworks going on around us, but they were further away and much smaller as a result.
The fireworks ended with a magnificent finale, and we made our way down 6 flights of stair and got out easily and into traffic (surprisingly light) and home in no time. I wanted to write last night but I don't even have a laptop with me. I may come back to this later to edit & refine, but it will do for now. Today’s a nice quiet day for kicking back, shopping, and whatever. A day of "down time." I love it. I love the contrast. As much as I loved yesterday, I'm liking today. Oh. One more thing. I thought the heat & humidity would bother me. So far it hasn't been too hot because it's been overcast. It even rained yesterday on the roof top, but I liked that. It was refreshing. I think the humidity keeps me from getting dehydrated as easily as I do when in the DRY California heat. In California I feel that all of my energy is sucked out of me from the heat.
Well, I'd better go and kick back. Yeah, it will be a rough day, but someone's gotta do it. Kayo
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