With Brock, Erin, Lucas, and Lee, Will and I walked up to the National Cathedral for the gargoyle tour. We have lived two blocks from the Cathedral for 6 years and never gone on this tour and, to be honest, we will never go again (nor recommend it). It started out in the 7th floor of the Cathedral--where anyone can go without paying the $10 per person for the tour-- and a slide show of the 112 gargoyles. Okay, okay, a powerpoint, but still we were shown a show of the gargoyles and how they work. We had to wait for about 25 minutes for the power point to begin because they speaker (an older volunteer) didn't know how to turn on the machine. Will fell asleep; Brock and I were playing on our phones; and Erin was trying her hardest to keep Lucas interested/entertained.
When we finally finished the slides, we went down, outside, and listened to the same spiel again, only this time, we were about 20 feet from the Cathedral, and even further from the gargoyles.
After we found the Darth Vader gargoyle, we left the tour and wandered around the inside of the building. I went back up the to the 7th floor observation desk and spotted our house!
When we were finally done in the gift shop, we walked over to Two Amys for delicious pizza. As we were finishing our dinner, a family came in that were on the gargoyle tour as well. They stuck it out and were an hour behind us. So glad we left the tour early!
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| Moon rock Window |
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| Stormtoopers and the seal |
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| Lucas by the seal of the Commonwealth |
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| beautiful day for the Cathedral |
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| two of the 112 gargoyles |
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| pinnacles of the Cathedral |
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| How did you feel about the powerpoint introduction? |
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| One of the dogs and another fish gargoyle |
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| May the Force be with you |
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| Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial |
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| Capitol Building with the Library of Congress behind |
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| aerial shot of the Bishop's Garden |
With Brock, Erin, Lucas, and Lee, Will and I walked up to the National Cathedral for the gargoyle tour. We have lived two blocks from the Cathedral for 6 years and never gone on this tour and, to be honest, we will never go again (nor recommend it). It started out in the 7th floor of the Cathedral--where anyone can go without paying the $10 per person for the tour-- and a slide show of the 112 gargoyles. Okay, okay, a powerpoint, but still we were shown a show of the gargoyles and how they work. We had to wait for about 25 minutes for the power point to begin because they speaker (an older volunteer) didn't know how to turn on the machine. Will fell asleep; Brock and I were playing on our phones; and Erin was trying her hardest to keep Lucas interested/entertained.
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Excellent photos. :)
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