This (above) is the original entry on this on continuing memory—-if you want to read it all just go back and then go every other blog entry and you can catch up to today’s
This is my Thurs. Memories BLOG DAY
We (my ex “V” and I) have driven–mostly on back roads and the like from Florida to Washington DC. We left the day after Nixon resigned, wandered about and even had our FIRST experience of using a self serve gas pump….I include info about the place/cities/towns/whatever so that if you might like to check something out. I wrote this while it was happening and have done as little as possible to spruce it up so I hope it’s not too bad for you…..and remember that my goal on this blog is to get you to come away from the TV, computer whatever—stop starring at your FRIGGIN phone and GET A REAL LIFE —travel, join a real group (computer ones don’t count) just walk about your neighborhood even town and see what not computer generated reality really is.
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Beautiful Vintage Pendant 3 x 1 1/2 inches with a 13 inch long woven gold-tone Metal chain
$35.60
8/13/1974:
Mount Vernon:
3200 Mount Vernon Hwy,
Mt Vernon, VA 22122
Area: 500 acres
Founded: 1758
The beautiful riverside estate of George Washington includes the iconic Mansion, outbuildings, tomb and working blacksmith shop and farm. The Orientation Center, and Museum and Education Center feature interactive exhibits and immersive experiences as well as over 700 artifacts. Meet characters from Washington’s world and heritage breed animals around the estate. Open every day! Whiskey Distillery & Gristmill open April through October.
A much better day than yesterday–my extremely sore feet have recovered and I have found my comfortable shoes—not as comfortable as my sandals–that’s $12 shot (I think they were left in error at one of our stops) First we drove to Mt. Vernon. The parkway there, except for the paving and the few other cars and bikes could have been out of colonial times—long vistas of trees with the Potomac flowing serenely past, all very classic.
I was especially delighted with Mt. Vernon since it is all so natural looking. The restoration work is beautiful and the grounds have been kept from being commercial–the only restaurants are several miles away and are old converted mansion which appear to retain much of their former dignity before they fell from grace to servitude.
The grounds , wild yet tailored and there is no trash or litter. I was disappointed with my tour of the house, since the lines were so long, you were pushed thru at rush hour computer speed which does not give one much chance to see the finer points. As for most of the other buildings there was a great deal of time to browse and see everything.
The mansion, itself is a lovely, yet even comfortable looking place with a view of the Potomac that won’t stop. The Washington’s bed room is quite nice, except that it faces landward. There is one “servant quarters”, but I tend to believe it was more likely slave quarters.
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Beautiful Large Stained Green & White Butterfly
Washington DC Mall
https://washington.org/visit-dc/tours-of-washington-dc-monuments-memorials
Located just south of downtown and the White House in Washington, D.C., the National Mall is one of the United State’s most prestigious and well-known National Parks. Over 24 million visitors from around the world come to this 146-acre park in the middle of the nation’s capital. The National Mall is home to numerous monuments, memorials, sculptures, statues, and attractions honoring the legacy and history of the United States including the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, the Constitution Gardens, Ford’s Theatre, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
https://www.tripsavvy.com/info-about-the-mall-in-dc-1040420
In the afternoon we were going to Arlington to see the cemetery but ran into some kind people who gave us their Mall tour tickets–so we went on that—
- saw Watergate—The beginning of the end for Richard Nixon ( on June 17, 1972 when five men were caught breaking into the Democratic National Committee’s HQ on the sixth floor of the Watergate office. Arrested in room 214 of the hotel where intruders E Howard Hunt and G Gordon Liddy had set up base, it was the start of President Nixon’s downfall and what remains (at the time of writing!) America’s biggest political scandal. Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/duncanmadden/2018/05/31/is-the-watergate-hotel-still-as-scandalous-as-ever/#5e72655971aa ).
- Stopped at the Lincoln Memorial. The great emancipator rising above us unimportant mortals, mortal because our ideals, our causes are important to only us or maybe a few they touch. https://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm
- We toured around on the buses, stopped at a third Smithsonian Museum https://airandspace.si.edu/ crammed full of areoplanes and space capsules with all kinds of related films and simulations
For supper we went to an intimate French affair: Chez Odette (according to an article in the Washington Post this restaurant was closing in July 1985 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/07/16/georgetown-change-seen/1d66f825-deac-4cb8-a1af-25247412aaf3/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ef7a9cd9e693) and stuffed ourselves on great food–especially the French Onion which we agreed was the best we’ve ever tasted.
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Tea Pot, Cup, small dish and sandwich plate with gold trim and blue flowers
$20.75
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We came home early and “V” is sleeping now while I catch the Journal up. I’ll soon join him. We have another busy day planned for tomorrow.
Oh we did drive the entire length of the Washington Memorial Highway and was a pleasant drive, so close to the big city, yet with views of the Potomac framed by a profusion of trees stirred by delightful breezes. Such a release from the city’s hustle.
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Janus Joplin Big Brother and The Holding Company Vinyl Original LP
$15.79
