Caught the bus to Maryland this morning as Steve wanted to pick up, another "State" (#14) for his caching statistics. Took us an hour and only cost $1.60 as all bus fares do no matter the length. We were diverted round the Washington Cathedral both ways with cop cars being very prevalent and it was not until we saw the news tonight that we realised that more paint had been splattered. The good thing about the re route was we got a wonderful view of the cathedral which is huge and beautiful and where the National memorial service for 9/11 was held. I expected Maryland to be less wealthy than DC but this is definitely not the case where we were, Friendship Heights.
A beautiful sculpture of a woman artist beside the fountain in Friendship Heights, MD
Saks on 5th Avenue (five stories of seriously expensive apparel and accessories) and Tiffany's being examples of some of the shops, big houses, white people. We did a few caches and were back in DC for lunch. After lunch we hired bikes and cycled round Capitol Hill and down to the Titanic Memorial, it was lovely, the temperature was in the 20's and the humidity slightly less but we still arrived home hot and sticky and ready for a swim.
Out back of the Capitol.
The Capitol library
Between the library and the front of the Capitol
The Titanic memorial.
This memorial is on the banks of the Potomac about 2km from the National Mall. The best bit is that its a great place to watch planes :) Even better, a Blackhawk flew past us at low level made a 180 down river within sight and flew back. Just like in the movies.
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