The International Spy Museum
A cleverly inconspicuous locale
007's Astin Martin
Yours truly conducting signals intelligence
God - the first spymaster
Beware of gift horses
Be careful what you say while feeding the pigeons
The women who can claim this are rare indeed
(Don't send me any letters)
The father of the KGB
The notorious Enigma machine
Chinatown
As opposed to Illegal Sea Foods, which was just down the block
Wok right in
Best food in the District
Spanning East and West
One of many Federal buildings
The Lincoln Memorial
Old Abe looks down on the ages
The writing on the wall
The symbol of a united nation
The weight of the nation bears on this visage
The hand that freed a half-million souls in chains and sent
six-hundred-and-forty-thousand men to their deaths
In a word - awesome
Pictures cannot do justice to the power of this gaze
One-hundred-and-fifty years a martyr to his convictions
A unique perspective of a unique man
A profile in courage
Perhaps my best vacation photo
A stately pose on a cool, clear evening
The Memorial from afar
The World War II Memorial
My home state
A tribute to those who served
A city of monuments, memorials, and fountains
A pantheon of wreaths and water
One of many pivotal moments in history
In Washington DC, the Monument looms large
Where my father-in-law served
A member of the French resistance
The proud daughter
Looking back at one Memorial from another
Where we waited for a cab back to the hotel
The Jefferson Memorial across the Tidal Basin
that alas, we did not have time to visit
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The Grand Foyer
Rockets, missiles, and planes
(trains and automobiles need not apply)
An early jet
It would not be easy to spot this color
Lunar lander
These feet landed men on the moon
Hanging around the A&S Museum
Bombs away
A propeller - how quaint
Now boarding
Coffee, tea, or milk
TWA?
Many historic aircraft on display
Don't forget your swim suit
Can you hear me now?
Straight out of Jules Verne
What would space exploration be without some suds?
Vintage sign
Wilbur flew ten feet off the ground
The Gemini capsule flew slightly higher
Room for three
Tomahawk cruise missile - the only way to bomb
NASA optometrists making a house call
America's space delivery vehicle
A commemorative quilt to the Challenger crew
Ready for liftoff
A massive rocket engine
A universe comes into view
The earliest spy plane
Space trash
Taking a break
Check's in the mail
Our United Air Lines flight to our lunch stop...
DGS Delicatessen
I had to go to DC to find a decent kosher deli
Sauces and mustards to go
I had this tattooed across my wife's behind
Pickles, pickles, and more pickles
Great views everywhere
Arlington National Cemetery
The remains of Navy Specialist First Class George M and Marian A DeYoung
WWII veteran cap and insignia
Now entombed inperpetuity
The Hiker guards the entrance to ANC
Have gun will travel
Ted's Montana Grill
The family celebrates the passing of a generation
Dawn and Paulette
Dawn and Paulette
Some smiling faces - some not so much
Michael and Suzanne
Paulette, Les, and family friends
Another family friend and pretty Amber
Waiting for bison steaks, bison burgers, bison chili, and bison meatloaf
In honor of a mother and father, grandparents, great grandparents and beloved friends
On tour at Arlington National Cemetery
Resting place of the most decorated serviceman of WWII
Endless rows of markers stand at attention...
...in place of endless rows of cotton
The plantation of Robert E Lee...
...is now the nation's resting place
The soaring Air Force Memorial in the distance
It's spires inspiring future pilots
One of many unique markers at ANC
Marble grows from the rich Virginia soil
A cross stands watch over the fallen
Seas of graves ride the rolling hillsides like waves
The entrance to the Visitors Center which houses a wonderful museum and gift shop
A brief bit of rain then a beautiful day to explore
An old stone wall borders a section
A beautiful bronze with me in the background
The Navy Seal
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
We visited at night and photos were hard to take,
too dark without a flash
and too washed-out with a flash
If we can Photoshop these, I'll replace them
Two distinguished men in wheelchairs
(maybe one more distinguished than the other)
Lights illuminate the name of a luminary
A bronze eagle emblem
Quotations adorn the stone blocks
America's most precious resource is its people
The great man understood this 70 years ago
The ubiquitous Monument seen across the Tidal Basin
The spire pierces the night sky
The only thing we have to fear
Too dark
Too light
Clothes and dignity reduced to tatters
A powerful portrait of depression cast in bronze
A dark picture of a dark time
Faces of despair
Ranks of the destitute
A depiction of the Memorial in Braille
Four panels tell the story of four terms as president
Few lights are needed to tell a tale of desperation and war
A grim tribute to grim times
Tumbled blocks represent a tumbled nation
But one man led the country through it all
A dozen years in office sculpted this face
Cloaked in the robes of a statesman
Accompanied by his faithful friend Fala
The man who led the country out of shadow, sits in shadow for all time
Shellie pets the country's beloved First Pet
Children (and adults) have burnished the Scottish Terrier's ears
Fala outlived his master by 7 years
The depth of hard decisions are chiseled deep
As is the depth of compassion
Another profile in courage
And another
And another
A great lady to stand alongside a great man
The conscience of a nation
First Lady whether in or out of the White House
The eminent Eleanor Roosevelt
On our way to our final destination
From the rear of a taxi, the old Harbor Master's House
Last but not least
The United States Botanic Gardens
A whimsical sculpture
A hanging basket in the Tropics room
Ferns hide a bubbling pool in the Tropics room
The graceful fronds of tropical ferns
Products made from medicinal plants
How many of these have you taken?
Who knew they grew pineapples in Washington DC?
Papayas oozing with sweet nectar
A burst of color in the Orchid room
The warmth and humidity soothed our dry sinuses
They seem to grow from solid rock
Delicate beauty
An infinite variety of color
A subtle perfume
Unique monikers
A riot of growth
Mandarin oranges
Water bubbles from an urn
The Desert room
Cacti come in many shapes
Pitcher plants waiting for an unwary fly
Not all gardens are made with flowers
A border of cacti and succulents
(Hush up, that's not a dirty word)
Cactus patch
Brain cactus (if you don't believe me, zoom in on the sign)
I rode through the desert on a horse with no name
A denizen of the Primeval room
Ferns from the dawn of time
The last dinosaur
Cute and cuddly
Proof positive dinosaurs still roam
Random shots
Oops, a bit of container peeks from the rocks
Backtracking through the Desert room
Time enough to stop and smell the roses
Cactus roses, that is
A Victorian terrarium
Of a Victorian garden
One more pretty pink flower
From outside the Botanic Gardens, the Capitol encased in scaffolding
Lovely faces adorn the Botanic Gardens' facade
And some not so lovely
Sitting outside the Gardens, waiting for our final taxi ride
Trying to use up the roll of film in my digital camera
The damn thing keeps giving me one more shot...sheesh
One of the endless statues in the District, this one sits outside the Botanic Gardens
Vistas and panoramas are everywhere you look
A bronze broods in this study of the Garfield statue
I'm getting bored waiting for the taxi
An upper arch at Union Station, Washington DC
Good bye Washington, a good time was had by Al
