Washington Monument
We thought about getting the tickets to go see the inside of the Washington Monument, but seeing the line out front and knowing we had a lot to see and limited time, we decided to save that for our next trip to DC. We did, however, take a lot of pictures of the Monument:
I tried to take two pictures of the monument and then stitch them together, but the result came out a bit wonky. I'm not sure if it's because I didn't take the pictures steady enough or because things changed just a little between the first and second picture or because the software I used wasn't all that great, but the result definitely shows a bend in the middle of a very straight building:
Here's the top part of that picture, which I think stands pretty well on its own:
Me in front of the Monument:
And we took pictures of a lot of other stuff from around the base of the Monument. I think this is one of the Smithsonian buildings:
I'm not sure exactly what the gold dome in this picture is:
I think this is the Smithsonian's main building. I know they call it "the Castle," and this was one of the most castle-like buildings we've seen yet:
The Capitol Building, and part of the same castle, seen from a bit further toward the south:
A view back toward the White House from just west of the Monument:
And pretty much a wider view of the same:
This is a slightly different view the same direction, just pretty much showing the park scene in the Mall:
And this is looking toward the World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Monument, toward which we are heading next:
Westward, ho!
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