July 16th
My second day of trolley tours confirms how familiar I am with the central downtown DC area. I've been so fortunate to see as much as I have. But this is one of those overwhelming tourist destinations where you can never see everything your first trip. My original idea of eating my breakfast sandwich in the midst of Lincoln's memorial was potentially thwarted by signs saying no food or drink. So I ate right outside on the super-sized steps facing both the Teddy Roosevelt Bridge and the Arlington Bridge over the Potomac River.
Upon entering the Lincoln memorial restroom, the amount of water on the floor was shocking as I easily could have slipped and fallen if it hadn't been for the grip on my fairly new tennis shoes. In addition to the thousands of paper towels being saved by hand dryers in restrooms these days, one funny thing is the fart sounds you can make if your hands are clasped together just right. Old Abe never imagined the possibilities that technology could bring.
Visiting many of the museums here in our nation's capitol, I've come to reflect on the power of the human imagination and the ability to create that lies within us.