Squirl's Nest

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Last installment of vacation postings

Well, it's taken me long enough, but this is the last post about my vacation. We went to the Air and
Space Museum. It was pretty cool. Here's the whole set.

The first thing we saw was the Moon Rock.
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I think the sign is more impressive-looking than the rock. If you can't see then check it on Flickr, I've put a note on it.
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Then there were lots of cool things, from hot air balloons to space stuff.
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The previous shot was a bad angle. This one lets you see the color better.
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This is from the Wright Brothers exhibit. This is not a really a Wright. It's just a dummy.
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Then there was the National Gallery of Art. Here's what I posted of that set. I thought I put more out here, but, I think we were museumed out and I don't think I got a good variety. But here are a few.

The room was really dark, so this photo is a bit grainy. It's also a bit off-center. But I really liked the Mercury statue, so I posted it anyway.
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I seemed to like Rodin.
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Then, for our next to last night, we had the wonderful privilege of dining with Here Today Gone Tomorrow. We met in Alexandria and she treated us to a great Puerto Rican vegetarian meal and MOJITOS! Is was a really fun evening.
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On our last night I finally met my sister, Susie Fairchild. She and Jif treated us to crabs. Yes, that's right crabs. As the batteries died in my camera early on that night this is the only photographic evidence I have of the evening.
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Thank you to all of you who've hung in with me while I finally got my act together and got all of this posted.

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