Got up this morning and we drove to Washington. Brenda got us a deal at the Hilton which is about a block from the White House. It took us about an hour from the Yacht Basin. It is very hot - well into the 90's and for you Canadians that about 35 C. Once we got there, we had to wait for a bit to check in, so we went for a walk over the White House and then down to the Mall. By the time we had finished that walk, we heard from the hotel that our room was ready so we went back and checked in. After lunch we took a trolley tour around town which took about three hours but it gave us a good insight into the City and the sights. We passed by all the important monuments - Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, etc. the Capital, Canadian Embassy, Smithsonian. The Smithsonian is so huge that we could take a couple of weeks to see it all. The trolley tour was similar to those we took in Savannah and St. Augustne. Lots of stuff to see, so little time, will have to come back. It was also Pride Weekend in Washington and as we walked back to the hotel, we saw this coming along the street:
. They looked like they were having fun but I am not sure how comfortable some of them were. Of course it was a hot, hot day.
Of course Canada gets recognized:
Too bad these idiots don't know that Canada supplies 20% of the US oil requirements, far more than Saudi Arabia and the other mid-east dictatorships, and that it is just as clean as shipping oil from the middle east after all is factored in.
In the evening we got to dinner with our friends from Q's End who we had not seen since St Augustine.
The White House
The Supreme Court
The Lincoln Memorial
. They looked like they were having fun but I am not sure how comfortable some of them were. Of course it was a hot, hot day. 
The White House
The Supreme Court
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