We were two Southern Californian's on a mission to see some fall.
You can tell, we succeeded. :-)
Out first day in town we took a walk around our immediate area.
Crystal City is a small part of the Washington, DC area. Directly south of the Pentagon and north of old town Alexandria. Only a few blocks long.
We were hungry and yet the leaves kept drawing me in.
PBS has a prominent location right on the main street in Crystal City.
There is a rainbow in the middle of the street, which I thought was just too cute and I had to show off both things at once.
As one can see the fall foliage was present, too.
After we got some lunch, we decided to hop onto the metro and we quickly were over in the area of the Smithsonian.
Unfortunately, the nice day we had turned quickly into a raging rain storm. So there we were, ready to take a walk around the Tidal Basin and realized that a change of plan was in order.
We moved over to the Museum of American History and got this lovely shot of the Washington Monument in the midst of the rain.
After we finished with the museum, we walked to the exit just as the sun was beginning to set. Once more the skies opened up and then just as fast, the rain stopped and we were left with the best of Washington, bathed with the rosy glow of sunset and covered with water.
It was awesome to see.
These two visitors were amazed at all that Washington could throw at them, all in a matter of a few hours.
Little did we know, it would get even better.
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A link for my sister.
My post about the Justin Hayward song Forever Autumn. Click the link to read and listen to it.
Beautiful pix!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
ReplyDeleteI have hundreds that are never going to see the light of day, cause there are just too many. We were so lucky, it was truly beautiful there.
The whole day brings to mind Justin's song 'Forever Autumn'. I have always loved that song, and looking at all the pictures made me think of it. Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started...I LOVE that song. :-)
ReplyDeleteI just did a query of my blog and wow, that feature works well...who knew? :-)
ReplyDeleteThe link is on the front post. Justin Hayward's Forever Autumn...Just for you.
Cool, I recently listened to all my Hayward solo stuff. "Forever Autumn" is one of the highlights of Classic Blue. That album and The View From The Hill are easily my two favorite solo projects from Justin. Unless you sort of count Blue Jays, but that's shared billing with MB bandmate John Lodge so I consider that a unique (and quite worthy) effort on its own merits.
ReplyDeleteThanks for appending the post.
Dim Skip!
ReplyDeleteI love Blue Jays!
I used to play that album when I was pregnant with my son. It's a personal favorite of mine, too.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You...The song, and the pictures made the song that much better. It was great to hear this morning which is my wedding anniversary. Thank you Angel
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