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Day 42: Friday February 11, 2022 - “DC Walkabout”
Every trip that brings me into DC is afforded some time set aside for strolling through the monuments. Today, with beautiful weather here in the nation’s capital, I took that time for tradition. Riding the metro train, visiting Chinatown for dinner, Jefferson at night, and even paying a visit to the White House grounds to say hello. I saw the Washington Monument, with its surrounding flags beaming in the wind, at sunset. I strolled the length of the new Black Lives Matter Plaza. I considered the HOPE portrait at the National Portrait Gallery. Didn’t have a timed entry pass to get into Library of Congress, but said hello, from below, to the founding fathers, all auspiciously looking West.
Its been a couple years since Ive been back over here, though Ive seen the places on the news regularly, and with those happenings; those comings and goings, on my mind, that I sat at the Reflection Pool in front of Grant’s statue, surrounded on four corners by the Lions and battle waging on both sides. Last time I was here, the Capital was still under renovation. It was nice to see everything there mostly put back into place. The important places were all still here.
And a new tradition now - the highlight of the night. I strolled a couple blocks down from 1600 Pennsylvania to an old cigar lounge called Shelly’s Back Room where I posed up on a real nice comfy leather lounge chair and had a couple smokes with the regular crowd there that was so nice as to welcome me in, and ask when Id be back. A creature of habit here, making my regular rounds of my favorite places, I’ll have to add this stop to all my future capital-city walk abouts. At least it gave me a couple hours off my feet! After walking 12 miles, I was whooped, but with one last important stop Id have to get creative....or get a scooter! I spent over a half hour zipping down to the Tidal Basin to visit Jefferson - ole guardian of all this beauty. And while I was in my glory, awkwardly navigating the sidewalks, pretending this could be an olympic sport, I was full heartedly disappointed to find Jefferson, under renovation and completely dark and walled off. I got as close as I could and got a new angle on it, his lonely silhouette there. I parked the scooter and decided to call it quits. Looked through the gems of my 8 photo-hunt around town as I waited for my Uber to come take me back to Virginia. On a small dark side road I had all to myself. Just as my Uber said it was arriving, a long black stretch limo pulled up. I stood as it stopped in front of me. “This can’t be right” I thought - I dont even know how to get in” Just as my actual Uber pulled up right behind it, three guys popped out, no doubt some kind of famous. They stumbled down into the dark of which I came - “I guess word got out about seeing Jefferson at night.....” - “just stay away from hole in the wall Chinatown place!” I slept hard and fast tonight - that was quite the hike. And Id be up in 4 hours to catch my flight back home, so I got this sight-seeing in, just in time.
Song: Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
Quote: “I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.” ― Thomas Jefferson
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