So firstly the weather: They say a storm is brewing ...they even named it ,which is good because apparently they only have 4 more names for the winter storms,even the chap on the Weather Channel didn't really know what would happen after that,we will see,but 12 inches of snow cold pose a problem.
Today,having put a geocache out ( a travel bug that would like to see the USA before returning home) headed into DC.
TIP 1: If you are going into DC at all do it on a Sunday, parking is FREE everywhere , I parked to as near as can be called" just outside the White House" ie:Constitution Avenue,near to the Washington Monument
Very impressive and in a very long but well maintained strip called the National Mall, at one end is the famous Lincoln Memorial, which is huge and has a big statute of Lincoln inside .
At the other end is the Capitol Building.
Very impressive location, one ting did strike me , walking through this area there are literally dozens of memorial areas to different facets of both military and non military endeavour some are big some just a plaque in the ground.
A group of what can be best described as school kids aged 12-16 very noisy, very boisterous for want of a better description,going through the area heading towards the Lincoln memorial, as they got to a memorial site ,ALL fell silent ,and walked past in an orderly ,respectful manor ....they even took the compulsory baseball caps off. I saw them past 3 sites where the same behaviour was replicated ,unprompted , and they didn't appear to be cadets on a day out or anything similar .
My day was however targeted towards fulfilling PT 1 of a lifelong ambition . PT1, the reason will be more apparent as this journey progresses. PT 2 comes later but some will have already figured it out.
The National Air and Space Museum,on Independence Avenue (to the right as you look towards the Capitol building) holds many original aircraft,including "The Wright Flyer", the original aircraft in which flight was invented ,its housed in a good assessable room with lots of info boards etc.
I will confess I spent a disproportionate amount of time in this room,but its had not to when you consider the effect that this one invention has had.
I also visited the Judiciary square , this holds the national Police (Law enforcement ) Officers Memorial, this is an impressive memorial with the names of officers who have been killed in the line of duty etched for eternity in swaths of stone around a flowing constant( I didn't write that its one of the descriptions there) but that's hat it is , apparently they have to pay a rent for the memorial, thus there is a shop round the corner.
attend the funeral of a
My Photo does not do this memorial Justice, and reminded me that although not lost in the line of duty ,work colleagues of mine are preparing to attend the funeral of a police officer,who died in service ,my thoughts are with them.
The association that runs this have adopted, adapted Proverbs 28:1and its very apt;
"The wicked flee when no man purseueth,but the righteous are as bold as lions"
Around the memorial are several statues of lions , I visited the equivalent memorial in London on the d i went for my Winston Churchill interview.
An eventful ,thought provoking day, and hopefully I have worked out how to do this blog properly otherwise you will see words and no pictures .
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