This picture of the Capitol Building was taken, as I looked down the street on the way to the National Gallery. It was very far away, actually.

This is the entrance to the National Gallery. As you can see, they had an exhibit on Renaissance women. My favorite painting is there, "Ginevra" by D'Vinci.

The building in the background is the National Archives, and houses the 'U.S. Constitution', etc. Check out the ice skating rink. It was quite a surprise.

The ice skating rink is a pond during the summer. I had never noticed the pond before, but an ice skating rink, well, that I noticed.

I told you it was cold! This was taken from the ice skating rink. You can see the Washington Monument in the background. In reality, I think this is steam escaping from a vent.

This is the entrance to the American History Museum on the mall. Can you see the baricades?

These barricades are at the exit to the museum. There seem to be more of them in town now. They provide additional protection.

Well, time to check out some of the stuff in the museum. George Washington would have hated this statue. He wanted to be portrayed as a common man. It is a neat statue, though.

This is a crystal Capitol Building. I don't think it would last long in earthquake prone California, though.

The only real part of this truck is the license plate, bumper, and tailgate. The rest is a painting.

This is the actual Woolworth's counter from the famous civil rights sit-down of the early 1960's. If you enlarge the photo, you can see what things cost back at that time.