On Friday, I saw my City – my Country – through new eyes. Not only did I see a few new-to-me sights as I played tourist in my hometown, but I had the privilege of sitting in front of a family who was seeing the sites of Washington DC for the very first time.
I was planning on spending Friday running errands and getting work done. But my friend, Safire, convinced me at the last minute to use one of her tickets to ride on an open-top double decker bus through DC. I thought I had seen all of the sites of DC, but I had never seen them from 13 feet off the ground or through the eyes of an awed newcomer.
In the words of my fellow passengers, “I love my country!” and “Seeing all of these monuments makes me proud to be an American!”
Though Mother Nature didn’t sufficiently turn down the heat for our 4 hour top-of-the-world DC tour, she certainly provided a spectacular sky for pictures.
The most memorable stop on our tour was the hour we spent in this tree. The bus over-heated in the middle of a DC neighborhood, under a too-short tree. The kids who were along for the ride did surprisingly well, and my family didn’t kill me for being 4 hours late. It’s all good (as long as I come home with good pictures, right?)
Happily playing along with I Heart Faces’ “I Heart My Country” theme for this week.
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Gorgeous pictures!! :-) Love them!
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I am in AWE!!!
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WOW!! What amazing pictures – absolutely beautiful.
Sorry you got stuck in the trees, but being ‘stuck’ in those clouds certainly helped things out! Nice :)
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first one is my fav! great shots – BEAUTIFUL!
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wow.. the place is so beautiful… and the clouds are great.. ^_^
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AWESOME pics! Great editing and beautiful shots!
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Lovely shots of our beautiful capitol. I believe we don’t live far from you as we get to enjoy these sights often as well. We’ve never done the double decker. We’ll put that on the list.
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Oh my gosh Lolli! This sounds like it was AMAZING! I love that you went on this adventure. Such fun! Wonderful images. Love your editing. Super pretty!
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Amazing! I really love the post processing work on the already stunning images!!!
Great photos. I see Pirate and the Professor. Saphire and I have been blog friends for ages.
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Gorgeous pictures. Love those clouds over the Capital building.
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Beautiful images!
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Those shots are perfection!!
That sky is amazing. Wow.
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