This is the best shot of the White House from the clock tower & here's the pooped out gang of four in the tower.
If you don't know what this building is you don't belong in this country.
Washington Monument & Jefferson Memorial from the post office clock tower.
The National Archives building and the corner of the.....IRS
. These buildings go on for blocks & blocks, what you see from the front is a very small part of the entire building.
. These buildings go on for blocks & blocks, what you see from the front is a very small part of the entire building.
Here's Mel by an old locomotive, he was an engineer and drove trains, really! This is a real $100,000 bill from 1938. Too bad they don't make them anymore, one would pay for our daily camping fee and lunch here. OH wait, the government GAVE all these bills to the banks & financial institutions last year didn't they?
This is the table & chairs used buy US Grant & Robert E Lee at Appomattox in 1865 when Lee surrendered to end the Civil War. Grant had the left chair & Lee the cane chair. Neither fellow carved their initials into the table that I could see. Here's Judy & Dee by a old RV.
This is the USS Philadelphia George Washington had built (along with several others) to help win the Revolutionary War. The boats lost the battle but slowed the British up so we won the war. You can see the British cannonball (which was found inside the boat) and the hole it made that sank the small boat.
This is Honest Abe's gold pocket watch and top hat. Unknown to Abe was 3 engravings made under the face while in for repairs. This was during the Civil War and one had Jeff Davis's name! Sorry....it disappeared when I posted....damn I do not like Googles blogspot! Abe was 6'4" tall but liked top hats to make him look even taller. The last time he wore this hat was to Ford Theater. 
Here's the Museum of American History and a peek at the Washington Monument. We spent the afternoon in the museum after a metro bus ride from the CG to a subway station which took us about 4 blocks from the museum. The trip took well over an hour one way. It was an 8 hour plus day and I think we walked well over 1500 miles, one way. We were pooped and sore. We are glad that we do not have to drive and park in DC. All the massive old federal buildings, wide streets, green parks, & statues are impressive, along with a few homeless fellows. Lots of street vendors & souvenir stands. The food prices for lunch in the museum was outrageous. Did I mention we walked 1500 miles today?
