Friday was our last full day in DC. The time has flown by here andwe will be leaving with so many wonderful memories. Caesar and I spent the day sightseeing at The National Mall, and geocaching along the way. We weren't in any hurry and there was plenty of time for Caesar to free run and let his hair down. Thankfully, even though he was off the lead quite a bit, he resisted all the temptations of the various pools and ponds.
I had expected it to be much cooler in DC than it has been and spent about 4 hours outside today without the need for a hat or gloves, which definitely would not have been the case had we been back home in England!
We started our sightseeing outside The White House where I wanted to take a few more photos. I got chatting to someone who is another geocacher, so I we swapped stories, took photos and I have sent a couple of travel bugs onwards with him, they'll be on their way to California!
Posers at The White House!
Geocaching taught me today that Constitution Avenue used to be a canal, and I visited the Lock Keepers cottage! Then we made our way to The World War II Memorial, this was an inspiring yet poignant sight, and a very interesting contrast to some of the memorials to the same war in Europe.
Intuitive Dog: even Caesar looked pensive here
We carried on to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, out to the bank of the Potomac River overlooking Virginia, along the shore of the Todal Basin to get a view of the FDR Memorial and then cut back to the Washington Monument.
This evening I packed and explored another option with room service for dinner and just relaxed playing online poker with my usual poker buddies. I also had to log all the geocaches I found today, and discovered to my delight that I now have logged over 100 caches in under 5 months, in four countries on two continents!
Last bit of sightseeing is planned for tomorrow, before setting off for the airport with Patty mid afternoon. We're due to fly at 6.30pm, for almost a six hour flight arriving at 9.10pm local time in San Diego.
I so love to sniff the wind!
I had expected it to be much cooler in DC than it has been and spent about 4 hours outside today without the need for a hat or gloves, which definitely would not have been the case had we been back home in England!
We started our sightseeing outside The White House where I wanted to take a few more photos. I got chatting to someone who is another geocacher, so I we swapped stories, took photos and I have sent a couple of travel bugs onwards with him, they'll be on their way to California!
Posers at The White House!
Geocaching taught me today that Constitution Avenue used to be a canal, and I visited the Lock Keepers cottage! Then we made our way to The World War II Memorial, this was an inspiring yet poignant sight, and a very interesting contrast to some of the memorials to the same war in Europe.
Intuitive Dog: even Caesar looked pensive here
We carried on to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, out to the bank of the Potomac River overlooking Virginia, along the shore of the Todal Basin to get a view of the FDR Memorial and then cut back to the Washington Monument.
This evening I packed and explored another option with room service for dinner and just relaxed playing online poker with my usual poker buddies. I also had to log all the geocaches I found today, and discovered to my delight that I now have logged over 100 caches in under 5 months, in four countries on two continents!
Last bit of sightseeing is planned for tomorrow, before setting off for the airport with Patty mid afternoon. We're due to fly at 6.30pm, for almost a six hour flight arriving at 9.10pm local time in San Diego.
I so love to sniff the wind!
2 Comments:
I am most interested in your conveyance. It looks so well constructed, practical, and high tech. It appears a lot like a recumbant bicycle in the front with large wheels in back. Is it motorized? I can see handlebars and what look like hand brakes.
I was also wondering, are you able to fold it up and take it on the plane? I just love the picture of you and Caesar. It is such a beautiful picture and really shows the incredible bond the two of you have. I'll bet he loves the geocaching too!
Nore, it is called a Power Trike and it connects to my normal wheelchair, the big black box at the front is the battery and the motor is on the wheelhub at the front. It goes about 14 mph on the flat. I got it from www.pdq.tv
Yes, it does indeed fold up and goes into a very large padded bag for carriage by airlines who carry it free of charge as it is an adaptive aid, i.e. part of my wheelchair :o)
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