Anniversary River Walk

The C&O Canal Locks, or what is left of them.

Mile O of the C&O Canal.  Reminds me of when my sister and her friends attempted to hike the trial... not getting anywhere close to this marker.

The Kennedy Center from the Potomac

Will and I have been married for two years now.  To celebrate we have taken "off" this Sunday-- no yard work or house work.  We are enjoying the day, the beautiful weather, and Washington.  We took Stirling down to the Georgetown and walked along the Potomac to the Lincoln Memorial and then back again.  It was a lovely saunter past the start of the C&O Canal, the Watergate, and Kennedy Center.  It had been a couple of years since I was down along that path on a bike.  Course, Stirling has never been to the river nor along that path.  A two hour stroll reminded Will and I at just how walkable and pretty DC is.  I enjoyed seeing the Watergate and Kennedy Center from different angles. I had never actually knows that the great bronze statues of horses and men on Memorial Bridge, facing the Lincoln Memorial, were named and gifts from Italy.  The bronze came from a city near Naples (hey, Italian-- maybe it is your home town?).  We walked right on the edge of the Mall, past the newest building on Constitution Avenue: the US Institute for Peace.  It is a totally green building and the swooping white roof represents a dove's wing.  We moseyed past the Departments of the Navy and State, through a section of town that we think is the most confusing for tourists--every turn you end of up some major highway entrance or exit-, back to the river.  We stopped for some water to watch the traffic go by the Lincoln Memorial and again to see what movies are playing at the theater in Georgetown (does a 5 pm still count as a matinee?).  We made it home easily enough and now Will and Stirling are stacked out on the couch and floor respectively.  Soon we will catch the bus back down to Georgetown to see "Bridesmaids."  Appropriate wedding theme, considering the date. 

Watergate

Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial

Music and Harvest

Walking along the path and river

Bronze statues from Italy

Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial

taking a break by Memorial Bridge

side of Lincoln with Kentucky listed

U.S. Institute of Peace