Thursday, April 30, 2026

18 April 2026 Washington DC: The Older Folks Day Golf Cart Part 1

 


Our first event us a stretch golf cart ride all around the mall.  The cart picked up at the Willard Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in DC. The term lobbyist came from this actual lobby.  We spotted a memorial park across the street that we zoomed through.  Once we got into the golf cart, we took off into the town.  



It looks like a forrest but  it is just a fence


Some of the old buildings remain


A WW1 memorial


John J Jinglehimer Schmidt


This is the hotel where we will have high tea later


The mural follows a soldier from his arrival in France to the armistice


It is too big to get into one frame


Very detailed


An Eagle too


Treasury department


The city is still blooming


Hamilton!


The big trolly also loads here


All aboard


Pleas keep you hands and feet in the vehicle at all time


Fords Theater 


The building where Abe died


Ghostly images of Abe


Old time tours


Rainbows and butterflies


Funky brick repairs


The Supreme Court Building


Some informal lobbying?


A dome with a flame on top, part of the Supreme Court building


Swinging by the Capitol


The statue on the top.  The tallest statue in the entire city. at 17 feet


Library of Congress


Neptune!


The best beard in the entire ocean




Ride the horses oe strangle them...what to do?


Some exciting fountains


Botanical Gardens


Zipping on by


No corners anywhere in this building


General Grant


Bronzes everywhere


Random girraffes


Red rock blocks


Patriotic iron and motto on the wall


More old cars


Lighting fixture


So detailed for a lamp


We were able to stop outside the capitol


For a picture


Then we jump in again


Oh the humanity!




 It has been 3 years and 313 days since we began our Migration

Monday, April 27, 2026

17 April 2026 Washington DC: Evan's Day and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

 


Evan picked the Smithsonian Natural History Museum which is one of the fan favorites.  We hit the fossil hall, gems and minerals, mammals and had a snack at the cafe.  We spent a good two hours inside looking and reading.  There was a place where you could see yourself morph into one of the pre-human  species.  The images were not so good but we gave it a try.  We ubered back to the house and then headed out later for dinner at Yardbird



Hot enough for a parasol


Passing by the African American Museum


250 years!


What, a bird habitat!


We are here


One big elephant!


Hot stuff at the equator


Hard pass on the jellyfish burgers


My favorite sea slugs, the nudibranch


Whaler!


Indigenous art


Okapi butt


A sleepy rhino


Deep thoughts are occuring


Megalodon! 


LJ is happy


More deep thoughts


Looking dsown on the elephant


The back of the hope diamond


The Hope Diamond


The Flame Topaz, 49 carats from Brazil


A huge chunky emerald


A 423 carat Sri Lankan sapphire


Huge aquamarine


Super funky crystals


Elephant butt


Saber tooth tiger


Massive Mastodon 


Dinosaurs everywhere


Chomping down!


Everybody, tusks in the air


And we are out


Time for hugs


Funky car


In the uber and passing a synagogue


Dinner at Yardbird


Camouflaged 


The Yardbird


A fancy bar


A mocktail for Evan


Sipping the sweet nectar


Oh no, it is too much


He is down!


The kitchen is a hive of activity


Apple strudel


Dessert has brought him around again


An odd looking PT Cruiser


Bold and bricks heading home


 It has been 3 years and 312 days since we began our Migration