Tuesday 6th February, our first task of the day was to locate a veterinary surgeon who can complete Caesars' passport on Thursday prior to returning to the U.K this weekend. Easier said than done, we had to make a few phone calls before we located a wheelchair accessible veterinary clinic :o( So, we have an appointment for 10am Thursday at a vets on Capitol Hill.
After a walk for Caesar, we headed off in a taxi for Arlington Military Cemertery. As we crossed into Virginia we could see the Potomac River was partly frozen, a beautiful sight.
At the cemetery we bought tour tickets and they had a great wheelchair accessible bus which I could even board (via a lift) with my trike, we had our own tour guide who ensured we got to see some of the more popular sights the cemtery has to offer. As it was a bitterly cold day, there wasnt much opportunity to wander and wonder ... our minds were constantly drawn to the cold.
First stop was the Kennedy graves, then on to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the Changing of the Guard ceremony, that was very poingnant. At this stop, we also saw the memorial for the Challenger and Columbia space shuttles, the memorial for the USS Maine and Audi Murphys' grave. Next we visited Arlington House, the home of General E. Lee, the original tomb of the unknowns and the cairn to the victims of the Lockerbie disaster (Pan Am flight 77). We saw numerous other noteable graves and memorials along the way, but by far the most impressive were the rows and rows, acres of uniform headstones and cenotaphs.
The last memorial we saw was that of the United States Marine Corps (Iwo Jima), truly inspirational.
We headed back to our hotel by taxi and had an evening thawing and relaxing at the hotel. When we took Caesar out last thing it was snowing ... quite heavily, we returned to the hotel looking like snowmen. Caesar loved it though, and was running around like a puppy in the snow on the grass just near the White House.
Memorial to the Space Shuttle, Challenger
After a walk for Caesar, we headed off in a taxi for Arlington Military Cemertery. As we crossed into Virginia we could see the Potomac River was partly frozen, a beautiful sight.
At the cemetery we bought tour tickets and they had a great wheelchair accessible bus which I could even board (via a lift) with my trike, we had our own tour guide who ensured we got to see some of the more popular sights the cemtery has to offer. As it was a bitterly cold day, there wasnt much opportunity to wander and wonder ... our minds were constantly drawn to the cold.
First stop was the Kennedy graves, then on to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the Changing of the Guard ceremony, that was very poingnant. At this stop, we also saw the memorial for the Challenger and Columbia space shuttles, the memorial for the USS Maine and Audi Murphys' grave. Next we visited Arlington House, the home of General E. Lee, the original tomb of the unknowns and the cairn to the victims of the Lockerbie disaster (Pan Am flight 77). We saw numerous other noteable graves and memorials along the way, but by far the most impressive were the rows and rows, acres of uniform headstones and cenotaphs.
The last memorial we saw was that of the United States Marine Corps (Iwo Jima), truly inspirational.
We headed back to our hotel by taxi and had an evening thawing and relaxing at the hotel. When we took Caesar out last thing it was snowing ... quite heavily, we returned to the hotel looking like snowmen. Caesar loved it though, and was running around like a puppy in the snow on the grass just near the White House.
Memorial to the Space Shuttle, Challenger
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