I thought I'd be up much earlier without setting an alarm, and hit the Smithsonian today. But the thing about vacationing by myself is that I can't break rules that aren't even there. If I need sleep, I'm gonna do it! I didn't realize how tired I was. So today will be a day to laze amidst so much natural beauty.
I found a cheap, nice hotel in Fairfax Virginia, so am staying here for a few days. It's less than an hour to Maryland and DC. I can't get over the nature...every road I drive on, every highway, has a forest on each side. Millions of huge high trees, so much green! I will stop some today and take some pics, but yesterday I just gawked as I drove through Potomac, DC, Ellicot, and other random places.
Speaking of gawking, I drove throughout Washington yesterday. I didn't go into anyplace or park, just did an impromptu, car tour. I've never seen a city like this. All the buildings, the hugeness, the magnificence of our history...Massachusetts Avenue, which is Embassy Row, all the embassies are there, miles and miles of them...miles and miles of huge, old, unshakable federal edifices, in every direction.
I need a year here to take this all in and see all there is.
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