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  • National Zoo (4/5)

    Smithsonian’s National Zoo, DC, June 2026 At the north end of the park, they have the Elephant Trail, Africa Trail, Visitor Center, Main Entrance, Asia Trail, and Bird House. The Africa Trail was closed for renovation, and we skipped the Elephant Community Center. Next, we headed for the most important thing in the National Zoo;…

  • National Zoo (2/5)

    Smithsonian’s National Zoo, DC, June 2026 We are still towards the bottom of the map. This and the next post will be slightly out of order. The Reptile house is in the middle of the primate area, but that will be in post 3 of 5. At the south (lower) edge of the primate area,…

  • Washington Monument

    National Mall, DC, May 2026 Like the Lincoln Memorial, we have been to the Washington Monument multiple times. We tried to get tickets to up to the top, but we were unable to acquire them. FYI – the free tickets are given out really fast, as in gone in microseconds. If you plan on visiting…

  • Lincoln Memorial

    National Mall, DC, May 2026 Both John and I have been to the Lincoln Memorial multiple times. I believe this is a staple that everyone must visit when in DC. As normal, the Lincoln Memorial was crowded both inside and out. I suspect the memorial would be even busier in the summer. I found the…

  • Signers Island

    National Mall, DC, May 2026 We had a day of firsts and this time it was the Signers Island. In the National Mall, you walk across a bridge onto a Signers Island. The island had people lounging around enjoying the cool summer day, ducks, geese, and other critters. The island was also the home to…

  • Lockkeeper’s House

    National Mall, DC, May 2026 The Lockkeeper’s House was another building that was a first time visit. The first time visit could be attributed to us not walking our normal path along the pool and walking along the outer edges of the National Mall. The Lockkeeper’s House came about because George Washington advocated for canals…

  • US Park Patrol Horse Stables & Education Center

    National Mall, DC, May 2026 John and I have been to the National Mall many times over the years. Because of construction, we walked a different path, and we saw the horse stable for the first time. The stables had 3 horses out front. One was named Cleo. The horses within the mounted service usually…

  • Daughters of the Revolution (DAR)

    National Mall, Washington DC, May 2026 I learned about the Daughters of Revolution (DAR) a couple weeks ago while visiting Sandy. Daughters of the Revolution is a collection of women who can prove lineal decent to a patriot who aided in achieving American independence. These women have formed an association that does philanthropic work and…

  • Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (5/5)

    Chantilly, VA, May 2026 It turns out that there are a few issues with image maps. None of those options were going to solve the problem in the next 24 hours at a price point that was acceptable. The compromise that we used below is a fixed 650 px image map inside of an HTML…

  • Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (4/5)

    Chantilly, VA, May 2026 Overview This is all of the selfies and panoramas from the visit to the Udvar-Hazy Center. Or at least, all of the ones that turned out okay. The selfies and panoramas appear periodically along the path shown in the first post of this series. If we can get it working, an…