Clear blue skies this morning and after breakfast and tidying up Catrina, we took off by foot to get in some exercise and figure out what we wanted to see. The Washington Monument is fairly close, so that was first stop - no tickets available till late this afternoon for tours 1.5 hours and free). That wasn't going to work since we're having dinner with our nephew, Tom. Today would've been spectacular with those brilliant deep blue skies. You can only get the tickets day of, so maybe we'll try for tomorrow or Thursday (have to get there EARLY). So we just walked around, stopped at Starbucks for iced coffees and eventually back to the boat for some "down" time.
There is a fresh fish market very close to us (one of the oldest continually run in the country). We walked by this morning and oh my......thee most beautiful shrimp, crabs, scallops and every kind of seafood imaginable! You can buy fresh to take home and prepare or already cooked and ready to eat (that's our kind)! We shall return!
Mark was reading about Burger King buying Tim Horton's (our Canadian coffee/donut favorite) for $11B and will be headquartered in Canada. Each food chain will continue carrying what they now carry! Glad to hear that!
This afternoon we walked some more - we are in the heart of a very major renovation project (just getting started) called "The Wharf". Our Capital Yacht Marina building will be torn down October 1st along with several other buildings along Water Street which will be no more. The demolition has already begun further down the street. This marina will be moved and condos, businesses, restaurants and shops will be coming with beautiful walkways, etc. Phase I will be completed in 2017 costing $2B. "A new World-Class Waterfront"
Found a very nice upscale grocery store - Safeway and enjoyed the cool comfort as we browsed and bought a few things. It really warmed up today, but NOTHING like 2 years ago when we were here with Drew, Davis and Brady - that was HOT, HOT, HOT!!!
Thinking of Mark's sister, Theresa and Mike and brother Jim and Lydia, plus some friends from back home (including Claire and Mike) who are all on European river cruises the next 2 weeks! Hope they enjoy as much as we did!
I love my breakfast!
Scenes around DC today...
Washington Monument
Crepe Myrtle in front of the Holocaust Memorial
(a must see when in DC)
Just a few of several food vendors with every kind of food to feed the folks for lunch
Tom picked us up at 6:00 and we had a fabulous Italian dinner at Casa Luca sitting outdoors on this gorgeous evening. So fun to visit with our Godson who lives and works in Arlington, VA.
We'll see him on September 12th in Baltimore and he'll have his first Blue Angel experience!
Great evening with Tom!
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