Best wishes, r_caton! (Monday)

Dig that hoopy r_caton? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.



Happy Birthday, friend. May this next year bring you better health, greater wealth, an organized home, warmer relationships, and peace that surpasseth understanding.

Keep on truckin'!

The Old Wolf Express VIII - In which I visit the nation's Capital

Taking reluctant leave of the Lion's Den,



I turned Molly towards the West and crossed the Delaware river in much greater comfort than our first president. I arrived in Washington, DC at about 1:40, and promply went and paid my respects to The Godfather.



He really is my Godfather - and because of one thing and another I don't think I've seen him since 1972 or thereabouts. It was a delightful reunion. We dined at Pinzimini, where I feasted on a wild mushroom and goat cheese pizza groan belch groan

In the afternoon I took a bus from Arlington into town, where I walked from Farragut Square to the White House,



where I also got some interesting shots of Marine One doing practice takeoffs and landings,



and then walked on to the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, The WWII Monument and the Vietnam Wall.





After bidding farewell to the Godfather, I shuffled down the road to Harrisonburg, VA where I turned in for the night.

It was a thought-provoking day as I contemplated the sheer size of our nation's capital as a monument to individual freedom, such as is found nowhere else in the world.

10 Russian Bots in 3 days.

Crazy Ivan's been busy. Livejournal doesn't kill these fast enough for my pleasure.