Life of Riley: Washington DC

Mike and I left our trailer in an RV Park in Pennsylvania while we traveled down to Washington DC to stay with my cousin, Les and his wife Lisa. They were so gracious and were great tour guides. It was very helpful to have them to show us how to use the Metro (subway), which was a very nice experience after New York.

Les and Lisa took us to so many places, that once Mike started listing them, I was amazed at what we saw.

Saturday, we started off at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial. I guess I didn't realize how many people lost their lives at the Pentagon. It was a great place to go because neither Les nor Lisa had been there before.

Potomac River

Pentagon 9/11 Memorial

The headstones facing the building, were people on the plane and the ones facing out

were in the Pentagon

National Archives Building

The Capital in the distance

Capital building from the National Mall

Mike in front of the Washington Memorial

This has been closed for about 10 years due to damage from an earthquake 10 years ago

World War II Memorial

(Lincoln Memorial in the background)

Washington Memorial and Reflecting Pool

Korean War Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

(Outside on the grass, there actually a bride and groom getting their pictures taken with their bridal party in front of the Memorial)

They were working on "sod refurbishing"

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Changing of the Guard Ceremony

Statues Everywhere

White house

(they were working at getting a better fence built or I could've gotten a better picture)

Huge 3 block building of the

Department of Commerce

A Non-typical state of George Washington

It amazes me that artists could carve such beautiful staues in granite

Mike and I went to the Museum of the Bible on Monday while the Hubbards were at work. The building was 7 floors high with the basement floor. I didn't know exactly what to expect until we got there. It was exactly what the Museum name said. There were so many Bibles in there, but it showed how we got the Bible that we read today. They even had people doing translating and preserving old Bibles.