We arrived in Washington DC late Tuesday & had a great time staying with Hutch & Gemma. Wednesday was taken up with meetings with USDA and National Cattlemans Association but the rest of our stay we spent checking out the sites. We had a big day Thursday - we hired bikes from Thompson Boat Centre and road along the river to the National Mall. We then spent the day visiting the Washington Monument (tallest building in Washington at 555ft), the Postal Museum, Capitol Building (ask Bruce about his brush with the US police), the Lincoln Memorial, the National Library, and the Natural History Museum which houses the original American flag. Thursday night we also managed to catch up with another of Bruce's friends from school. Friday was a little less hectic - we hired bikes again and rode to Arlington Cemetery (American War Memorial) where we saw the Kennedy's grave, Arlington house, and tomb of the unknown soldier.
We had a great end to the US leg of our trip with our time spent with Gemma & Hutch. Saturday they took us for a drive over the Bay Bridge & we then spent some time looking around Annapolis - a cute little area set on the river/bay. Our very last day in the states was a stinker -(close to, if not more than 40degrees) although we had a great time watching the Nationals beat the Arizona Diamond Backs, luckily our seats were in the shade.
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