dc-5

just about done with the tourist thing, but saw what little bit of the capitol they let you in these days --- then air & space and national gallery --- 

a great american

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dc-4

a whole gob of people got up sunday morning for the equality march --- tens of thousands --- some small amount of satisfaction in giving the white house the finger as we went by

spent a little time in natural history museum, the rocks being particularly wonderful --- meteorite cross-sections, the permean-triassic boundary (!), oldest rock in the world, unbelievable crystals, etc etc ---

 from rocks to butterflies

dc-3

the city was filling up with people here for d.c. pride and the equality march, and a great day for walking again --- no tickets for af-am museum but we did american history (julia's kitchen!), looked at union station, and then library of congress, which had great exhibits on mapping the growth of the nation and on exploration of early americas ---

and back at dupont circle, the party got underway --- the parade went on for hours --- atlanta's event is but a pale shadow of this one