We Take a Trolley Ride

Tuesday, 3rd full day in DC. Mike was up at 5 this morning for an early photo shoot on the mall. He met his friend Dennis and they had a great couple of hours taking pictures of the sun rise.

We met later (at a reasonable hour for me) at the Smithsonian. Today will be a riding day so we proceeded to OldTime Trolley. This is the company I used when I went to San Diego. You can get on an off as often as you wish. They have 3 separate lines that cover the sites in Washington. We took the green line first--got off a Dupont Circle and walked a bit. Found a great bookstore, Kramerbooks & Afterwords. Browsed a bit and stayed for lunch.

Hopped back on and off again at the National Cathedral. The second largest Cathedral in the U.S. and the 6th largest in the world. They were getting ready for a peace concert (JacksonBrown, Graham Nash, David Crosby, and others). While we were there Jackson Brown was rehearsing. Mike was advocating for a trip back at 6 pm. But it was not to be.

When we got back our starting point we hopped the orange line to the monuments. Got off at the Jefferson Memorial and walked along the Tidal Basin to the FDR memorial. Just two pictures of the FDR memorial to give an idea of the space it covers. Each term of office has an area...

Impressive.
Then Walked across the street to the Korean and Vietnam (and the Vietnam Nurses Memorial) and then a long walk to the Metro. The monuments are a far walk to the Metro stations. Dinner before going home.
For a riding day I still did a lot of walking. 16, 930 steps (per my pedometer). At home during the week I go about 4,000. No wonder I hurt.