Night lights of the Capital

Yesterday evening we took a night tour of the Capitol. The tour started at 7:45PM at Union Station downtown. There was light rain falling the whole time we were on the tour. If you didn't take an umbrella, you would have to be out in it for a while before you would feel wet. They picked us up at the campground about 15 minutes late and still made it to the station with time to spare. It was a good tour but most of the smaller attractions such as single statues and other small memorials were not lit up well and made them hard to see. The lady that narrated the tour was excellent. She had a Masters in History. I haven't seen the pictures yet but I think we got some good ones at the main attractions, the Lincoln, Jefferson Memorials and the Capitol. We had missed the FDR Memorial when we were at the mall before so was able to see it then. It was poorly lit but was able to read most inscriptions. We got home about 11:30 and was ready to "hit the hay".

For today we had originally planned on going back into DC today. but there was a war protest going on today so decided to go to Plan B and go to Annapolis. At the last minute we happen to think that there may be a football game there today. So got on the Internet and, sure enough, there was. Plan C was a trip to Dulles airport to the Air and Space Museum's annex so that is what we did. They have everything from an Air France Concord to the Space Shuttle Enterprise and many other historical aircraft and artifacts that they can not house at the museum on the mall.

We stopped at a local Italian Restaurant and ended up with a very good New York style pizza. We were home by 6PM.

I don't remember saying anything about I-70. It was a lot different than I thought it would be once we were somewhere in Ohio. They did not have a medium as we are normally used to seeing. They had a concrete barrier in the center and an area to pull over and that was it. A lot like you would see going through a town. There were trees on each side and you could not see the country side. It reminded me of the interstate version of the Blue Ridge Parkway. There were very few straight sections of road. You were turning right or left all the time. Somewhat surprising.

We are downloading a picture from last light. I'm not sure how it will show up. The plans are to try for Annapolis again tomorrow. More Later. L&G