Washington DC

I’ve had a frustrating couple of weeks with my camera. The clouds seem to roll in every time I grab my camera to go out, and my tourist trip to Washington DC this week was no exception.

I lived in the DC suburbs for five years. In all that time, I think I went in to the city as a tourist more than three times. I’d visited the sights of DC more often when I lived in other places than I ever did as a resident, sadly.

Which is really too bad, because DC does show well.

I’d been to most of the memorials before, but never to the FDR Memorial on the tidal basin. It was a pleasant surprise, with the story of his presidency unfolding as you walk through the site.

Of all the memorials I visited that day, the FDR seemed to offer the most hope for our present situation.

Given the number of cherry trees in the area, I imagine that this is stunning in the springtime.

The grey skies lent themselves to the Korean War Memorial. The faces rising out of the black wall seemed to fit the cold, wet day.

More pictures at the Washington DC 2008 set on Flickr.