Trip to DC: Monday
So to "celebrate" MLK-Jr. Day my dad and I went over to the Arlington National Cemetery. I've never been there before. I really just wanted to see the Tomb of the Unknown but we got to see a few other things too including the JFK grave. It was a pretty damn powerful trip.
Before we headed out though we hit up a Peruvian chicken place ("Super Pollo") for lunch which was unbelievably tasty. Then we hopped on the Metro and headed out. It was crowded but not overly - other than the thousands of kid groups wandering around in packs.
We stayed until it closed at 5:00 and then headed towards the Memorial Bridge just to look across the river. Thought about continuing onto the Lincoln Memorial but it was late, we were tired, and there aren't any Metro stations near it so we reversed course and went back home.
Had a great burger for dinner but unfortunately we found that the dogs uncovered a half-bag of Butterfinger "Bells" - small bits of chocolate and butterfinger similar in size to a Hersey's Kiss. They ate them all - tinfoil wrapper and all. Yikes! So far so good though - they're acting normal so we're hopeful nothing bad will happen other than some extra tips outside for them to get rid of it all.
So, now I'm uploading the pics I shot today and then hopefully I'll get some rest before tomorrow. I'll probably try to head into DC by about 6AM and it's going to be *cold*. Should be a craaaaazy day. :)
(More pics of course at www.savitzky.com/gallery)
Before we headed out though we hit up a Peruvian chicken place ("Super Pollo") for lunch which was unbelievably tasty. Then we hopped on the Metro and headed out. It was crowded but not overly - other than the thousands of kid groups wandering around in packs.
We stayed until it closed at 5:00 and then headed towards the Memorial Bridge just to look across the river. Thought about continuing onto the Lincoln Memorial but it was late, we were tired, and there aren't any Metro stations near it so we reversed course and went back home.
Had a great burger for dinner but unfortunately we found that the dogs uncovered a half-bag of Butterfinger "Bells" - small bits of chocolate and butterfinger similar in size to a Hersey's Kiss. They ate them all - tinfoil wrapper and all. Yikes! So far so good though - they're acting normal so we're hopeful nothing bad will happen other than some extra tips outside for them to get rid of it all.
So, now I'm uploading the pics I shot today and then hopefully I'll get some rest before tomorrow. I'll probably try to head into DC by about 6AM and it's going to be *cold*. Should be a craaaaazy day. :)
(More pics of course at www.savitzky.com/gallery)