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🚗 Domestic 7/25/2014 – 7/26/2014

Washington, DC

A weekend in the capital during the North Anna outage: the White House on the Friday evening, then the National Mall, the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial.

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Michael on the National Mall, the Washington Monument behind him
Michael on the National Mall, the Washington Monument behind him
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Day 1Friday, July 25, 2014

Washington

Me at the White House fence
Me at the White House fence

I took a sightseeing bus tour around the National Mall Friday afternoon, past the Washington Monument, the WWII Memorial and its reflecting pool, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial across the water.

In the evening I walked over to the White House and stood at the fence with the South Lawn in view before heading back.

The Washington Monument
The Washington Monument
The WWII Memorial and reflecting pool
The WWII Memorial and reflecting pool
The Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial
The Jefferson Memorial from the tour bus
The Jefferson Memorial from the tour bus
The White House lawn in the evening
The White House lawn in the evening
The Washington Monument against a clear sky
The Washington Monument against a clear sky
The Lincoln Memorial across the Mall
The Lincoln Memorial across the Mall
The Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin
The Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin
Me and the Washington Monument this evening
Me and the Washington Monument this evening
Me with the Washington Monument behind me
Me with the Washington Monument behind me

Day 2Saturday, July 26, 2014

Washington · Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History · Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Michael on the National Mall, the Washington Monument behind him
Michael on the National Mall, the Washington Monument behind him

Saturday I walked the National Mall, past the Capitol end and back with the Washington Monument behind me. I spent the early afternoon in the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, under the elephant in the rotunda, past a case of gems, and through the geology hall, where a Michigan copper sheet and a banded iron formation from Marquette County were on display.

Me on the Mall, Capitol in view
Me on the Mall, Capitol in view
Google's 1999 server rack at the Smithsonian
Google's 1999 server rack at the Smithsonian
Me under the elephant in the rotunda
Me under the elephant in the rotunda
The sign beside a Michigan copper sheet
The sign beside a Michigan copper sheet
A banded iron formation from Michigan
A banded iron formation from Michigan
Getting a closer look at the Hope Diamond
Getting a closer look at the Hope Diamond

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC

Later in the afternoon I walked over to the Air and Space Museum and through its main hangar, full of aircraft hanging overhead.

An aircraft hanging in the museum atrium
An aircraft hanging in the museum atrium
The museum's main hangar of aircraft
The museum's main hangar of aircraft