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Well ..we had a BLAST! We got to the Metro Station in New Carrollton (MD) and took the subway to the Pentagon. The kids had a blast since it was their VERY FIRST SUBWAY ride!
We walked around the Pentagon where they could see just where the damage was done on that one side ..granted it's mostly fixed ...but you can get the jest of it. Security has DEFINITELY changed since I was there. We sat for a little bit and watched all the motorcycles in the North Pentagon parking lot. The procession started at Noon and the lot did not empty until around 4pm or so ..there were THAT many motorcycles. I heard Rumsfeld was riding ..but that was after the fact ..not sure! We walked from the Pentagon to the Vietnam Memorial ..going OVER the Memorial Bridge. We did stop on the bridge to watch (and rest) the motorcyclists come over ...WOW!
Showed the Vietnam Memorial to the kids ...explained why it was there, then went and got some lunch and relaxed for sometime. You could STILL hear the MC's coming over the bridge! Afterwards, we went to look at the Korean War Memorial, WWI Memorial ..and then off to the WWII Memorial ..that was WOW! Gorgeous!
Then off to Smithsonian area to catch the Metro back to where we parked our car! My legs hurt like hell today ..but it was a GORGEOUS day and a super special Family Day! We all had on our Harley shirts!
Since we didn't take our digital camera with us ..we took disposables ..I'll get them processed later this week and hopefully post some cool pix!
How was YOUR weekend?
We walked around the Pentagon where they could see just where the damage was done on that one side ..granted it's mostly fixed ...but you can get the jest of it. Security has DEFINITELY changed since I was there. We sat for a little bit and watched all the motorcycles in the North Pentagon parking lot. The procession started at Noon and the lot did not empty until around 4pm or so ..there were THAT many motorcycles. I heard Rumsfeld was riding ..but that was after the fact ..not sure! We walked from the Pentagon to the Vietnam Memorial ..going OVER the Memorial Bridge. We did stop on the bridge to watch (and rest) the motorcyclists come over ...WOW!
Showed the Vietnam Memorial to the kids ...explained why it was there, then went and got some lunch and relaxed for sometime. You could STILL hear the MC's coming over the bridge! Afterwards, we went to look at the Korean War Memorial, WWI Memorial ..and then off to the WWII Memorial ..that was WOW! Gorgeous!
Then off to Smithsonian area to catch the Metro back to where we parked our car! My legs hurt like hell today ..but it was a GORGEOUS day and a super special Family Day! We all had on our Harley shirts!
Since we didn't take our digital camera with us ..we took disposables ..I'll get them processed later this week and hopefully post some cool pix!
How was YOUR weekend?