Community Trips
What a busy day! I flew to the east coast for a week to visit Boston, New York, and now (finally) Washington D.C. I started my first full day with a trip to the National Air and Space musuem (which I vaguely remember from my previous D.C trip which must have been over 10 years ago). We were a bit rushed so we saw the highlights: the Wright Brothers' Plane and some...
Washington DC -- Walking from White House to Lincoln Memorial
Washington, Washington, D.C., United States
4.6 miles
4.6 miles
We were flying home from Dulles Airport and we had two hours to spend in the Washington DC area. We decided to drive to the Mall area and walk around filling the time looking at the memorials and monuments.
We started at the White House, walked by Sherman Square, Boy Scout Memorial, Washington Memorial, World War II Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War memorial.
We then looped back through...
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Fort Reno Summit, Washington DC Highpoint
Armsleigh Park (historical), Washington, D.C., United States
1.1 miles
1.1 miles
My full description can be read below. The fort is not much to look at. In fact, it is used by the Washington DC Water Authority. You cannot go on the property without permission. So, I walked around the perimeter.
http://climbinghighwithbrian.blogspot.com/2007/03/reno-resevoir-washington-dc.html
Washington DC Walk -- Pennsylvania Ave, US Capitol, National Mall, Washington Monument
Franklin McPherson Square, Washington, D.C., United States
4.8 miles
4.8 miles
Before meetings in Washington DC, I took a walk around the Capitol Hill area. I started just East of the White House, walked East along Pennsylvannia Ave, around the US Capitol, West on Madison Dr through the National Mall and back to my starting point.Along the way, I saw the Old Post Office, National Archives, Fireman's Insurance Building, Federal Trade Commission Building, Canadian Embassy, Botanic Gardens, National Gallery of Arts, Smithsonian Museums...
This was an outing of the Chesapeake Paddlers Association. An easy, slow-paced paddle with a group of about 18 kayakers. The main purpose of the trip was to view the cherry blossoms along the DC-side of the Potomac, but there was so much more to see. From the launch point at Columbia Island Marina you can see the Pentagon and the Robert E. Lee home in Arlington National Cemetery. Our loop took...
While attending the AACR Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, we slipped away in the late afternoon for a short sightseeing walk. We began at the Lincoln Memorial and visited the Korean War, World War II, and Vietnam Veterans Memorials located around the Reflecting Pool. On the way back to the car, we visited the Albert Einstein Monument located in front of the National Academy of Sciences.
Got stuck in DC for 48 hours due to bad weather leaving California, and lucky me DCH4 had a r*n just a couple of Metro stations from where I was staying. So I joined the DCH4 gang and enjoyed a very nice hash.
Thanks to Dead Hare for lending me the running shoes!
Go Seahawks! :-D
On on,
Pluvius Erectus Maximus
