Wednesday 7th February, we awoke to more snow. Everywhere outside was veiled in the white stuff, so after breakfast we headed out to the park besode the White House to free run Caesar. He LOVED it! He was running around kicking up the snow, play bowing, vocalising, rolling and trying to catch snowballs in his mouth, and playing catch me if you can! It was delightful to watch him having so much fun!

We then took a taxi to the Air & Space Museum and met briefly with a fellow geocacher to pass on some travel bugs. Then, inside the museum we enjoyed the Treasures of American History exhibition, which included the shoes Judy Garland wore for the filming of The Wizard of Oz. We also enjoyed looking at some ofthe space exhibits, including the Apollo 11 module, which I remember watching land on the moon in 1969.

After lunch and shopping at the museum, we headed up the National Mall towards the Washington Monument. This gave Caesar another opportunity for snow frolicking.

Once we reached the monument, we collected a free ticket and made our way to the entrance. We were searched and then waited a while for a lift to ascend the obelisk. Whilst in the lift we were told that no cement was used in the construction of the monument, it merely comprises of interconnecting blocks, like Lego! Too late to worry by that stage! We made our way out of the lift and enjoyed the views to the S, towards the tidal basin and Jefferson Memorial, W, toward the WW2 Memorial and Lincoln Memorial, E towards the Elipse, White House and beyond and finally, N along the Mall towards the Capitol Building.

We spent the evening at the hotel, admiring the dozens of photos we took today, having dinner and getting ourselves sorted out for a busy day tomorrow.