My Trip to D.C., Boston & the East Coast

[Allan]

I finally got the photos from my trip to Washingon, D.C., Boston, & the east coast uploaded. I was hoping to get more city photos, but we were pressed for time, & standing around taking pictures or cities & skyscrapers isn't exactly my family's favorite thing to do. I actually do have a lot more photos - my dad & I took like 400 pics in the two weeks we were gone. Ok...enough talk...now to the photos:

Washingon, D.C.

Front of the White House

Rear of the White House

The Executive Office Building

More of the Executive Office Building

Ornamentation on the Executive Office Building

It looks like the building of a million columns from this angle.

One of the Smithsonian buildings

Suntrust Bank Building

More Suntrust Bank Building

Even more of the Suntrust Bank Building

Downtown Buildings

Lincoln Memorial

Library of Congress - unfortunately we missed the last tour of the day to view the main book room - but took pics through a window in a door.

Library of Congress Again

Inside the Library of Congress

More of the lobby

They were setting up for some kind of dinner for business leaders in the area while I was there.

Skylight

Looking up the stairs

And the crappy view of the main room we got to see through the door...

Capitol

Here's the front - a new visitor's center is u/c there, so this was as close as I got

Capitol Dome

Interior of Capitol Dome

Old Senate chamber

Looking down the street

Vietnam Memorial

Department of Agriculture Building

Pope-Leighy House

Being the architecture buff I am, I dragged the family to see the Pope-Leighy house, a Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian house. Located near Mt. Vernon - which I went to but have uploaded pics of.

Looking up the front walk

The entire house is built out of horizontal cypress boards like this.

The side

Another angle

Looking into the dining area through the window

The living area - sorry this is kind of dark

View through the front door

Rhode Island

We also visited the mansions in Newport. Keep in mind that these are summer homes which were used only 6-8 weeks each year

The Breakers

Porch Detail

The side

The ocean side

The terrace

Terrace ceiling

Marble House

The front

Detail

Japanese tea house out back

The Elms

Front

The back's not too shabby either

Boston

We were only in Boston for one day. All we saw was the USS Constitution, the aquarium, & the view from atop the Bunker Hill monument. My parking is expensive...$28 for 2 hours!

And one last pic...looking over into Niagara Falls, Canada from the observation tower on the American side

[turlough]

WOW just WOW those where off the chain GREAT JOB

[DruidCity]

Awesome, awesome photos !!!

I wasn't familiar with the Pope-Leighy House, but the photos

remind me of the Rosenbaum house of the same style in Florence, AL,

so if you're ever passing through that area, you might take a look:

http://www.pbs.org/flw/buildings/usonia/us...a_exterior.html

[Allan]

Thanks for the complements! It was a great vacation...only it was rushed. There was so much to see in just one week. It's hard to tour the entire city of D.C. in only 4 days. That's ok though - since my family used to live in the D.C./Richmond area, we take a trip down there every couple of years.

I'll have to remember the Rosenbaum House if I'm ever in the vicinity. I'm not well traveled in the soutern states, & the only state I've spent more than a couple days in is North Carolina. Actually I've been to NC 3 or 4 times, but one of those was to buy an overly expensive dining room set.

I'm hoping that maybe I can get to the Rosenbaum House on my way down to Florida at Chistmas or spring break, although it is a little out of the way.

[Scott]

nice!

I was in Newport recently myself. The mansions...er.. cottages are fabulous!

Gotta be in good shape to climb the stairs at Bunker Hill, huh?

[Allan]

Yea, & it was like 100 degrees inside at the top of the monument. All those ppl up there and heat that day did not make for a good combination. As nice as the view was, I was glad to get down.

[Southend]

great pics man! dc is so friggin dense its unbelievable- i've never been to boston though. you take great pictures- keep it up.

[Allan]

Thanks. I wish I could've spent more time exploring both cities...I saw all the tourist stuff while I was there, but I didn't really get the chance to explore the cities - at least to the extend I would've liked.