Mal & Joe do Washington, D.C.

Mal used to pretend she was Dorthy Gale from Kansas when she was a kid, so we had to find Dorthy's actual ruby shoes.

Mural of the presidents. I don't know who the guy in the middle is.

Joe & Mal at Arlington National Cemetery.

Iwo Jima/Marine Corp Memorial

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the guard

Arlington National Cemetery

Front of Arlington National Cemetery with the Lincoln Memorial in the background

National Gallery of Art. That is not a photograph--it's made from fingerprints.

Mal being very pensive in front of her favorite Jackson Pollack.

Our friend Kim lives in D.C. now and we got to spend a couple of days with her.

The good old Metro. Best and cleanest transit system in the country, says this guy.

A ceiling mosaic at the Library of Congress

The Great Hall, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress

You can't see her but you can see the license plates--that's Patty Murray, WA State senator

The Rotunda of the Capitol Building. The painting on the top is called "The Apotheosis of Washington" i.e. Washington becoming a God.

View of the Capitol Building from the tunnels underneath Washington.

Korean Memorial

Mal and I (and a security guard with sweet bike shorts) on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

The Supreme Court Building

Vietnam Memorial

Inside Washington National Cathedral

Washington National Cathedral

Our meeting with Senator Grassley (R-IA)

Another view of the Vietnam Memorial, with the Washington Monument in the background.