Monument Day

After satisfying our chili dog craving, we decided to head into the heart of Washington, D.C. to begin some of our sightseeing. When you’re blitzing the entire East Coast in less than a week, you really don’t have time to let the chili digest.

The first thing on our list in Washington was all the monuments, and there are a LOT. Lincoln (who has a great museum in Springfield, Illinois), Jefferson, Washington, Roosevelt, etc. Thankfully, they’re all located within walking distance of one another, a mere 18 mile trek between each monument. As long as you have an entire day to devote to it and the endurance of a marathon runner, you should be able to take it all in.

We started with the Roosevelt monument. Very cool and it involves lots of water and fountains. I had never seen this one because it wasn’t finished until 1997. Seeing as how I visited D.C. when I was in high school, the fact that this monument had been finished for 11 years and it still wasn’t here the last time I was in town made me feel old. Real old. In fact, I’m gonna take a short break from writing to go crush a Pepsi can on my forehead…

…okay, that went pretty well. I’ve still got it. A whole can and no adverse affects.

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(Note from Carnes: Crain is going to lay down for a few minutes, but he’ll be back with another post soon. In the meantime, enjoy these monument pictures…)