A Week in D.C. (Part 6)

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November 14

Our last day in D.C.  Time to get crazy . . . 

[By getting crazy, I mean going down on the mall and confronting the sight of Trump International Hotel & Tower . . . ]

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[And then the mall itself . . . ]

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[A monument to a president, as I recall.  Went to the top of it in 1964.  Never did it again though it has reopened since the earthquake . . . ]

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[Capitol Hill, including the Capitol . . . ]

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[Something was going on down there – we didn’t check it out . . . ]

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[Then my job was to shoot Jeanne and Ken . . . ]

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[In both directions (Smithsonian Castle on the right) . . . ]

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[Wow, they all seem calm exploring their devices while a large tusked creature looms over their heads.  Why yes, we are in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History . . . ]

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[This is a Mastodon . . . ]

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[Same Mastodon, different angle . . . ]

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[Same Ken, Jeanne, and Super, different angle . . . ]

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[We went up one floor to the live lepidoptera exhibit – Jeanne and Ken had seen that elsewhere so struck out on their own . . . ]

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[Here is one of said lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) . . . ]

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[We all took several such photos.  You enter their room in small groups and try hard not to step on any of them . . . ]

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[Sorry, I really don’t feel like Googling each species . . . ]

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[But they were all quite lovely . . . ]

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[Sister Gretch joined us here as we continued our expedition . . . ]

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[Here you can do your own research . . . ]

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[Whom amongst us doesn’t enjoy a little melon?]

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[Try as it might, it wasn’t quite capable of opening the door to escape . . . ]

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[The Super found the place quite exciting . . . ]

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[As did Gretch . . . ]

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[And the moths liked her!]

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[A moth selfie . . . ]

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[And 5 shots by the Super in the butterfly house.  A staff member hoped to encourage wing display with a paint brush . . . ]

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[Also catching my camera in action . . . ]

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[The Super got an attractive background here . . . ]

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[The Super also got an attractive background here . . . ]

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[Thus, they will likely be the ultimate survivors . . . ]

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[A fish not normally found in beautiful Lake Darling . . . ]

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[From my font of useless information, I was aware this is the world’s largest turtle and 4th largest reptile (behind 3 crocodlians) . . . ]

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[All mammals, living and dead . . . ]

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[Our large tusked friend again – the center piece of the museum . . . ]

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[I bet you didn’t know whales could fly . . . ]

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[I’m with the Super and Gretch, so how could we not?  While in here, the place was swarmed over by a bunch of munchkins.  A young woman appeared to be calmly keeping an eye on them.  I asked if she was their teacher.  She said yes.  I told her you people are saints!  She laughed . . . ]

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[And here it is . . . ]

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[Aquamarine is Jami’s birthstone . . . ]

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[Sapphire is mine (though to my knowledge, I have not now nor ever possessed one).  I could I not have gotten the Super’s garnet?]

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[The airfare alone to bring this guy here must have cost a bundle . . . ]

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[The airfare alone to bring the guy on the right here likely also cost bundle.  We’ll finish our “tour” of D.C. in the next posting . . . ]

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You know nothing for sure…except the fact that you know nothing for sure.  ~  John Kennedy

Up Next:  Ending D.C.

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The Journey Begins Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described: 10-26-07-4 “It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits. ~ The Editor, May 9, 2014 p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State. *********************************************************************************** Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin! **********************************************************************************

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