Washington D.C.
March, 2012
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Work trip followed by a fun weekend in Washington D.C.! It was Cherry Blossom Festival time, so lots to do and see, including a cool kite festival on Saturday! The other highlight was the Air & Space Museum (specifically the Udvar-Hazy part by Dulles airport), photos below.

  Jefferson Memorial Hordes of people Washington Memorial  
  Jefferson Memorial Hordes of people Washington Memorial

   
 

  WWII memorial As close to Obama as we got... Washington memorial at night  
  WWII memorial As close to Obama as we got... Washington memorial at night

  Lincoln memorial (crappy cell phone shot) Lincoln memorial Wrights brothers airplane  
  Lincoln memorial (crappy cell phone shot) Lincoln memorial Wrights brothers airplane

  Another one of the SpaceShipOne is in the Google lobby :) Wood propeller!  
  Another one of the SpaceShipOne is in the Google lobby :) Wood propeller!

  Lots of planes  
  Lots of planes

  Mustang P-51D. Willit Run? South Pole explorer Kite festival on Saturday. Weather was gloomy unfortunately, but a bazillion kites in the sky!  
  Mustang P-51D. Willit Run? South Pole explorer Kite festival on Saturday. Weather was gloomy unfortunately, but a bazillion kites in the sky!

  Lots and lots of people... Cherry blossom festival means bands playing too...  
  Lots and lots of people... Cherry blossom festival means bands playing too...

  Scuba diver kites Inside natural history museum. Depressing...  
  Scuba diver kites Inside natural history museum. Depressing...

  Spot what doesn't fit in there... First drive across the US - 63 days in 1903. With a dog - cool! Weird drumming band  
  Spot what doesn't fit in there... First drive across the US - 63 days in 1903. With a dog - cool! Weird drumming band

  Spectators Martin Luther King memorial  
  Spectators Martin Luther King memorial

  Bigger part of the Air & Space museum by Dulles airport Lockheed Blackbird SR-71A. Super bad ass. On its last flight from LA to D.C. it took 1 hour and 4 minutes (!)  
  Bigger part of the Air & Space museum by Dulles airport Lockheed Blackbird SR-71A. Super bad ass. On its last flight from LA to D.C. it took 1 hour and 4 minutes (!)

  Sweet  
  Sweet

  Concorde! I had a little plastic version as a kid - it was really neat to see in person :) Concorde up close  
  Concorde! I had a little plastic version as a kid - it was really neat to see in person :) Concorde up close

  Airplane madness Concorde side view  
  Airplane madness Concorde side view

  Space shuttle!  
  Space shuttle!

  Saturn V Instrument Unit - neat! TDRSS satellite above  
  Saturn V Instrument Unit - neat! TDRSS satellite above

  MiG-21! F-4S Phantom II, American fighter next to MiG Bell UH-1H helicopter from Korea/Vietnam war  
  MiG-21! F-4S Phantom II, American fighter next to MiG Bell UH-1H helicopter from Korea/Vietnam war

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