Spicy Schelley

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Here's the question of the week: Why can't I get to the grocery store without getting lost? Tried to go to Wegman's on Tuesday and got turned around not less than THREE times. Since I haven't found a grocery that has all of the products I want under one roof, I am forced to visit Wegman's once a week and Giant once a week. What a pain. So anyway, here's to being lost in DC. Now, if they could grow some proper mountains so I could orient myself...

We visited Arlington a few weeks ago when the tree were still blooming and it was a warm and sunny day. It is a magnificent place. The awaking spring was a stark contrast to the acres of gravestones. The beautiful pink blossoms birds singing were a softened the solemnity of the day. Here are some pictures we took while we were there.

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So that is what the National Monument looks like looking from the bottom directly up. Gnarly. On one of the nice warm days, a few Saturdays ago, Nasir and I went to the National Mall. It is impressive in pictures, but when you are standing there it is overwhelming. It is enormous. We got off of the Metro at the Smithsonian stop and decided to walk around and see the sites. The first place to walk is the National Monument.

Wonderful so we did that. It didn't seem to take too long, so we thought we were very clever and decided to walk to the other monuments with eye shot. Let me add that it was a 70 degree day and very humid and hazy. (This place must be brutal in the high heat of summer.) Well, we spent about 4+ hours walking down to the Lincoln Monument and back. Along the way we stopped at the WWII Monument. Initially, I was most impressed by the National Monument, but looking back I think my favorite has become the WWII Monument. Mom tells me stories of her childhood and my grandfather's service in the Navy during that time. He was on ship that visited the Yap Islands of Micronesia. She spent the war on a farm with grandparents.

This is the World War II Monument. It is fairly new. The part you are seeing is an area for the rainbow pond. The are arches. I really need to do some more research on this.

You can see how large the National Monument is. We are on the far side of the WWII Monument and it still looks like it is right across the street. It is actually quite a hike.

The 48 states and 6 territories of the time are arranged in the order they became part of the union. The alternate back and forth across the monument. Of course everything is symbolic. To find out more visit http://www.nps.gov/wwii/siteindex.htm. The next three pictures are of some really cool metal work on the monument.