The 52nd State

Thursday, January 05, 2006

"If you've seen one horse, you've seen 'em all"

Such was today's expedition to Washington DC. It basically consisted of us driving in and arriving around 1pm and driving around the various random monuments scattered around the northern part of the center city in various circles and parks. These are the sights you need a car for, as walking between them would be a major pain. The way we did it was to drive up to one, jump out of the car, then the driver keeps going or parks somewhere illegal while you take a couple of photos and hop back in the car at a traffic light or at said illegal parking place. This seems to work quite well and we got them all plus the area around Union Station and the City Museum. Still plenty to do when Im back in DC later. Ate at this resturant next to the Postal Museum and had a drink that cost more than the food, no wonder it was so strong.

Very different city to New York and other metropolis, much less busy, much slower and laid back - probably because it's populated mostly by students, public servants, politicials and aides and press. I like it for different reasons to NYC, but I havent seen the downtown bits yet.

Camera, oh yes the camera. I bought a new one, plus a new 512MB memory card as it was on special. It's a Cannon this time and is rather kickass, definately better than its predecessor. It was almost $190US though, and the memory card was $40, plus the $20 extended warranty.

Driving to West Virginia tomorrow, weather permitting, and I'm as you can see, up very late dealing with photographs, ugh. Theres so many.