At the Lincoln Memorial...

Here are a couple of views down the reflecting pool toward the Lincoln Memorial:




And a view from the side of the pool, probably about a quarter of the way to the Memorial:


This is on the tree-lined walk that leads up the reflecting pool, facing toward the Lincoln Memorial:


And looking back the way that we came, toward the Washington Monument:


Approaching the Lincoln Memorial from the side of the Reflecting Pool:


On the plaza in front of the Lincoln Memorial:


Looking back at the Washington Monument and the Capitol from the foot of the steps of the Lincoln Memorial:


Looking up into the Lincoln Memorial from the foot of the stairs:


The decorations on the stair banisters of the Lincoln Memorial. I don't know if these are actually lit as torches or what:


And looking back from the top of the stairs toward the Washington Monument. The Capitol Building is nearly covered by the Washington Monument in this view:


The statue itself appeared much larger than I thought:





The inscription of the Gettysburg Address on the inside of the Memorial:


The girlfriend liked the murals painted in the side areas of the Memorial, which are lit by skylights behind columns. I couldn't really get a single picture of all of them, but this is kind of a quick snap of the entire side gallery on the north side:


Here's a view down the portico, between the wall and the columns that front the Memorial:


A few more views toward the Washington Monument and the Capitol, from the top of the stairs on the south side of the Memorial:




And this is a view off the back porch of the Lincoln Memorial, looking back across the Potomac toward Arlington:


Here's a little closer view of that, showing the monuments (lions? I'm not sure...) a little closer:


Here's my effort to do the ubiquitous "grab the Washington Monument between thumb and forefinger" thing, but the wind was blowing fairly hard, and a gust knocked me off pose just a little before the girlfriend snapped the picture. I really wasn't feeling like trying it a dozen times till I could get it right, so we just skipped it.


And now it's getting to be time to find something to eat...