The George Bush Center for Intelligence

If this isn’t the mother of all oxymorons, then I am not …….  Anyway, we drove by the sign outside McClean where the CIA is located. Had to take a picture. Its on the website for the blog. Ssawbridge.blogspot.com



Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, VA is one of the best that we have found in the last four months. It is a county park, with cricket, soccer, football, and baseball fields, inspersed with large picnic areas, all shaded by beautiful oak, maple and elm trees. It has a group camping area and a rv camping area which are far away from everything else so it is quiet and peaceful and very beautiful. Jet loves all the squirrels which I have to thank for lengthening my right arm by an inch as Jet takes off after them at the end of his leash, yanking my arm longer each time.
I sideswiped a pine tree getting here, and luckily no damage just a bit of pitch to get off.



The first two days we went to DC and visited the Smithsonian exhibits on African Art, Quebec, Jamestown, and Santa Fe the different explorer countries landing in America and their different results. Very interesting as we had been to Quebec and Plymouth recently and could fill in the lines. Then it was the Museum of Natural History and the Museum of American Art which were super. All changed since my last visit ten years ago. Then we had a tour of the Capital with the new Vistiors center. My our tax payer dollars were spent wisely on this beautiful addition that allows us to visit the capital.



We were interrupted one day by a presidential limo parade that blocked all the roads for half an hour. Think the president was making a hamburger run.



Little side story on our tour of the capital building. Because I have been so voiciferous with my Idaho congressman, they were not anxious to hand me out any special passes, so I dropped Suzy off near the visitors center and went to park. Had to go all the way past Washington monument to park. As I get out of the car Suzy calls and says she has tickets for the 10:20 tour and it is 10:00. So I decide I have to run to make it. It’s a long run in jeans and polo shirt but I made it just in time. Got some funny looks from the guards who thought anyone perspiring as much as me must have a bomb wrapped around him.



We also have visited the air and space museum out by Dulles which is huge and has the Enola Gay and a Space Shuttle Colombia on display along with an SST, lots of MIGs, and others from one man gliders to the first Boeing 367-80.



Waiting for Meg and Rusty to join us today for a night. Meg has conference in DC this week. Jet will meet Barley and test the 5th wheel for lab capacity.



Cheers