Even though it started much earlier our day didn’t begin until we were in DC. Getting there involved a flight, a van ride, waiting for a van and one meal eaten too close to a trashcan. The time in our nation’s capital was filled with seeing the some of the sights and being surprised at the size of them. The Iwo Jima Memorial and the Jefferson Memorial were our first stops, but getting from one to the other took some adventurous driving and two passes around the Pentagon.
After these stops and some dinner a walk to the White House was in order. It was there that thing turned soggy. The rain came down… Some dashing young men in our group made a mad dash 1/2 a mile in monsoon-like conditions to retrieve our silver van (name to be assigned) while the rest huddled in a small doorway of the Treasury building. With that we returned to the hotel to find dry clothes. 