{"id":15,"date":"2011-07-10T04:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/?p=15"},"modified":"2013-12-23T00:50:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T00:50:45","slug":"dc-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/specksweb.com\/sandpapershoes\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"DC – Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

We did a lot today… walked a lot, saw a lot.<\/p>\n

We started out at the National Archives.\u00a0 We had a timed entry pass, which lets you bypass the line and go right through security.\u00a0 We saw a replica of the Magna Carta (oh, sorry, it’s out getting a new case<\/i>), the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution (all four pages), and the Bill of Rights.\u00a0 We were some of the first ones admitted, and already there was a pretty good crowd around the documents.\u00a0 Also at the archives is a pretty nice display of the type of records they retain.<\/p>\n

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Then we got hot dogs on our way to the National Portrait Gallery.\u00a0 It shares a building with the American Art Museum, and there is quite a bit of nice artwork all over that building.\u00a0 Saw some great stuff.\u00a0 Spent a few hours there.\u00a0 Then we went to Union Station and explored for a while, eating at Johnny Rocket’s.\u00a0 Then we went back to the Mall and went through the American Natural History Museum.\u00a0 It was kinda crowded there today!<\/p>\n

We actually ran into crowds all day.\u00a0 The Dalai Lama was speaking at the Capitol this morning, there was a baseball game this evening.\u00a0 All that along with a nice Saturday made for LOTS of people.<\/p>\n

We skimmed the Natural History Museum — Fossils, Hope Diamond, Mummies… we didn’t even go find the woolly mammoths.<\/p>\n

From there we headed over toward the Lincoln Memorial.\u00a0 Along the way we stopped at the World War II Memorial for a while.\u00a0 It’s very impressive and a nice addition to the Mall.\u00a0 Then we discovered more ugly, ugly construction.\u00a0 The Reflecting Pool is drained and is now a muddy, smelly mess while the renovate it<\/i>.\u00a0 I’m kinda tired of this sort of thing — Sorry, the Jefferson Memorial is half cordoned off by orange cones and hurricane fence; Sorry, there is currently no visitor center at Old Faithful; Sorry, you just get to see a facsimile of the Magna Carta; Sorry, Saguaro is a lame, ugly waste of a national park.\u00a0 But I digress.<\/p>\n

We walked to the Vietnam Memorial, then the Lincoln Memorial, then the Korean War Memorial, then back to our Metro stop and the hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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