Saturday, August 07, 2010

Friday Night Picnic with President Lincoln

Last night we picnicked at President Lincoln's feet. It was a beautiful night for monuments - low humidity, beautiful sunset, cool temperature. We had to share the monuments with hundreds of tourists, but it made for interesting people-watching. Lots of international visitors, plenty of Americans with sensible walking shoes, and even a Buddhist monk shared the evening with us.

We started with dinner on the far side of the Lincoln Memorial and watched the sun go down over the Potomac:


Then we sat atop the Lincoln Memorial as darkness crept in:


(Doesn't this photo remind you a bit of the second photo in this post?)

Finally we reflected a bit before heading home:

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