WASHINGTON DC

We finally reached my sister’s place in Alexandria, Virginia on Saturday, October 5th. There's a small marina within a 5min. walk of her home, and we anchored in their water. 

As Margaret had an Open House to attend to, she had thoughtfully hidden a key for Gil & I. Smart woman. It was a race for the “real” shower; and we were huggable by the time she arrived home.  Margaret treated us to a delicious dinner that evening.

We took Serenada to Washington on Sunday, and returned Tuesday. It was great having a second mate on board.

Second Mate, Margaret, swabbing the deck (Day 1)

Second Mate, Margaret, on dish duty (Day 2)

 Admiral Margaret (Day 3)

There’s so much to see in Washington, and we got it all done in the space of only two days!

floating seafood market

Smithsonian Institute

Lincoln Memorial

Vietnam War Memorial

                                     

The Capital Building

The Washington Monument

(under repair)

Even the popcorn vendor was Closed!

 Fortunately, we did come across some outdoor art pieces...

 Weber's Band

This tree is unreal

...and the Newseum (private) was Open! 

A portion of the antenna atop the collapsed World Trade Center building

Newseum's September 11th exhibit

It took him all day and into the night to find us, but President Obama stopped by to personally apologize to us for the inconvenience of all the closures due to the government's shutdown. 

President Obama's motorcade

cameras, cameras and more cameras!!

(notice them on front bumper of vehicle behind Obama's limo in top photo also)

I was speechless. We'll try again to catch all the sites on our way back north some year ;-)   I hope his government's back to work by then, so he won't have to go to all the trouble of finding us again.