Dad Comes to Visit...

Last weekend Dad came up to DC for a quick visit...I don't know about him, but I was sure worn out. We did crammed as much as we could into his two day visit...

Friday we went into DC (via Metro), walked around the National Mall, stopped in front of the Capital, went to the Botanical Gardens, and spent a few hours in the Air & Space Museum.

Saturday we got up earlier and headed back into DC, met up with our great friend Andy, and made a visit to the Washington Monument, where we picked up our reserved tickets to take our tour to the top of the city! After that we visited the WWII Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, President Lincoln and the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial.

WOW! It was a lot...Here are some pictures from his trip...

Dad in front of the Capital...

Me...

A small scale Space Shuttle at the Air & Space Museum

Dad, Ray & Andy at the base of the Washington Monument.
A view of the Lincoln Memorial from the Washington Monument

Dad, Me & Ray inside the Washington Monument

A view of the White House from the top of the Washington Monument...

A view of the Captial...

The Jefferson Memorial...

And the WWII Memorial...

After the tour of the Washington Monument, we made our way to the Korean War Veterans Memorial...

Dad & I in front of President Lincoln...

This is on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his I Have a Dream speech, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Ray & I on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the Washington Monument behind us...

And our final stop on dad's two day tour of DC was the Vietnam Veterans Memorial...