Washington DC

Nov 4-6
UA1106 IAH-DCA, UA1954 DCA-IAH

There are lots of convenient flight options from both Toronto and Houston to DC, and although we’ve been to Washington a number of times, we still found new things to do.  Although we were well into fall, the weather was still quite pleasant.

Nov 5

After breakfast, we moved from our airport hotel into the city, checked in to the hotel and went out to explore the city on foot.

Checking out the pre-Trump White House 

Save the Elephant protest on the mall

Looking down the full length of the mall from the Lincoln Memorial

Lincoln himself

Washington Monument 

Korean War Memorial

They had already started the stands for the inauguration at the Capitol Building 

Newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture, unfortunately too popular to visit

Toured the Capitol for the first time; this was the old chamber of the Supreme Court before they had their own building

Capitol Dome

Washington Statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection

Marcus Whitman another one of the hundred in the National Statuary Hall Collection

MLK Statue in the Rotunda of the Capitol

Looking up to the dome from the visitor center

Library of Congress

The Supreme Court

After a long day of walking, we had a relaxing evening in the hotel.  

Nov 6

The morning was a bright but a little chilly, but that didn't stop me from going for an early morning run along the Mall.  I don't normally run outside, but the combination of cool weather and wonderful running paths was a welcome option.  After our workouts, we decided to spend the rest of the trip touring the Newseum News Museum before heading to the airport.

The newly opened Trump hotel in the restored Washington train station

Remains of the World Trade Center communication tower central to the 9/11 media exhibit in the Newseum

East Berlin guard tower in the exhibit on media and the Berlin Wall

Tom posing in front of the White House green screen

We could have used a couple more hours to explore the museum, but it was definitely worth the time we were able to spend there.  After the museum, we quickly made our way to the airport for our flights home.