Happy Father's Day

You remember The Mom Song I showed you on Mother's Day? Well here is the sequel to that video. It's called "Dadsense".




Happy Father's Day!!!

The FDR Memorial

I have a love/hate view of this memorial. I love the layout and the landscape of this memorial. The fountains, waterfalls, stone, and statues make it truely beautiful (especially at night). However, I hate how the PC police had to distort everything. It's like the designers were trying to cater to every single "group" of people. But I digress...

My sister Emilee, My aunt De'Dee and My cousin Candice

Eleanor Roosevelt - I'm sorry but her statue looks like Jimmy Carter in drag! That's horrible...

...speaking of awful!

FDR and his dog Fala

These two scenes are from the Great Depression

Here's a guy listening to the Fireside Chats

I have to start working on my record keeping. I forgot to keep up with my points and while I was wogging, I lost track of how far I went. I think that I'm fine with my points (similar as yesterdays) and I listened to an entire episode of Lou's show so I must have walked about 10 miles or so, haha.

That's it for tonight. See ya later!

The Jefferson Memorial

Next we walked all they way over to the Jefferson Memorial. This one, along with the FDR memorial are kind of out of the way, but are worth the trip.

Does this prove that I "geeked out" during this trip? At least I didn't take pictures of garbage cans!

This is Marine One, or at least one of them. I don't think that the President was on board, because it came from Maryland (Andrews AFB) and was headed toward the Pentagon so I'm guessing that either a General/Admiral or some other bigwig in the Defense Dept. was. Still pretty cool.

Here's a cool wide angle shot of the Tidal Basin area.
From left to right: Washington Monument, The Old Post Office Belltower, USDA, The U.S. Holocaust Museum, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, L'Enfant Plaza, and the Jefferson Memorial

The White House and the Old Executive Office Building

Hi guys! From this post on until a future Yorktown post, are all pictures from just one day in D.C. I thought that I could just do a few, but we did SO much that there is no way I can do it. So, I've decided to break them down into individual posts. They are all in order as we did them. We did a TON of walking! Thank God I've been training. Otherwise I may not have made it.

We started our day by catching the Metro (D.C.'s subway system) from Alexandria to McPherson Square which is just a couple of blocks from the White House.

The North Portico - I always called this the Front Porch

The South Portico - The Back Yard

There was something going on the day we were there but I never found out what it was. It was more than just a Press Conference because they are either in the Briefing Room, the East Room, or the Rose Garden (I've been in all three!). Usually, They don't have them out here unless something big is going on, like a State visit or something.

This is the Old Executive Office Building. It used to house the State, War, and Navy Departments. It was almost demolished in 1957. Now it houses the Vice President's Office, National Security Council, the Office of Management and Budget and a few other Exectuive Branch offices. I would love to get inside there (nerd alert!)

I forgot I had this picture. Pretty cool if you ignore all of the scaffolding.

Washington National Cathedral

If I had to pick a favorite place in D.C. (other than the Capitol), I would have to say Washington National Cathedral. Everything about this place is beautiful. There is SO much detail in the artistry of the cathedral. And of course the gardens are very well done too, but I'll spare you those pictures today.

That was just too cute!

You Star Wars fans will appreciate this - You see the Grotesque on the right?That's Darth Vader - It took us almost an hour to find him!

The "Nave"

This is the Space Window. It was dedicated to the missions to the moon. The dark spot in the center of the top circle is a piece of moon rock.

The High Alter

St. Mary's Alter (I believe)

The Pipe Organ - not that synthetic sounding rip offs that Baptist churches call an organ

The Bishops Chair

This is the condenced version. I took over 150 pictures of this place alone! If you're ever in the D.C. area, I highly recommend visiting the Cathedral. Even if you're not Episcopalian or Anglican (I'm not, I'm a Baptist) or even a Christian, I still think that you will be moved by this place.

That's it for tonight. I only have 2 (or 3) trip reports left. Until then... See Ya!

Jamestown

This part of the trip was pretty interesting. Jamestown was founded in 1607 and was the first permanent English settlement in America. It's mostly ruins now, but it was still a cool feeling being there.

The Reconstructed Jamestown Church

This is the foundation of the old Jamestown Chruch. The current church is built around it.

Just around the river bend is where you'll find Pocahontas...

... and John Smith

Here are some pictures of the ruins - There isn't much left

This picture was kind of cool - That's the James River in the background

This was something impotant, but I can't remember what it was, lol.

The actual Jamestown site is operated by the National Park Service. There is a recreated version just down the road. It has some English and Indian buildings and some ships, but over all it just seemed fake to me. The actual site is what interested me.

Colonial Williamsburg

This was one of my favorite stops on our trip. I have always been fascinated with colonial history (go ahead call me a nerd). Most of the buildings in Colonial Williamsburg have been reconstructed, but they are all on their original sites and are all built and look the way they would have in the 18th century.

The Capitol

A cool detail that I just happened to notice

The Govenor's Council Chamber

The House of Burgesses Chamber - That is the original Speaker's Chair

The Town Courthouse

Inside the Courthouse

Josiah Chowning Tavern - This is where we ate lunch

The Printing and Post Office

Bruton Parish Church - One of the Oldest Episcopal Churches in the U.S. - It has been a working church since 1715

This Bible was given to the Church by Edward VII

The Governor's Palace - It served 7 Colonial Governors and 2 State Governors

A Map of the 13 Original Colonies - I didn't know I lived in Georgia

The Palace Foyer

The Palace Ballroom with George III in the Background

Ok, I'll have to admit defeat here. Disney's Liberty Square has nothing (except the "magic") on Colonial Williamsburg. Everything from the gardens to the people's dress is period. The only thing that was out of character was a loud "Air Raid" siren that went off for about 5 minutes. I never found out what it was. I assume that the British were coming! I loved every minute of this visit and would gladly go again. If you ever happen to go, be sure to allow a full day or more to see all of it.