It was a hot sunny day but we had a nice walk. First we stopped in a side lawn near the Capitol for a little picnic. Post picnic photo.
After lunch we headed to the Botanical Garden. There is a great display on sustainability right now complete with the "Cool Globes," an exhibit of more than 40 sculptures of "whole-earth" solutions to the problems of living unsustainably. Max and Dan with one of the globes inside the building.
We headed back out to the Mall in hopes of reaching the WWII Memorial but didn't quite make it there. It was such a hot and sunny day and we were worried that Max would overheat, get sunburned or that I would freak out worrying about it. Option #3 was the most likely as I had slathered sunscreen all over Max.
We decided to just walk the Mall and take in all the parade participants lining up, getting ready and milling about. We saw many high school marching bands and flag twirlers not to mention quite a few people dressed in various period garb. It was hard to tell who looked the most likely to overheat. Of course, the people in revolutionary war uniforms made of 100% wool are always contenders and then there's the gals in the hoop skirts and silk jackets. The many marching band members in their black polyester and nylon uniforms did not look particularly comfortable nor did the flag twirlers in teh black spandex turtleneck leotards with sequin tops and leggings. Still, they were all happy to be there and we were fortunate to see a little battle of the bands between two high schools. We heard a lot of the Armed Forces Medley being played and they all did a pretty good job. I couldn't resist taking a picture of this tuba cluster.
It was so hot that we didn't see too much of the parade but we did stay through the American Indian Veterans. We also saw some Jr. ROTC, several bands, Gold Star Wives and a couple veteran groups. I'm really glad we went and plant to go back another year. Living here is such a great opportunity to experience so many great events.
Here is a picture of Max in his "motoring" outfit that he wore for the parade and a better photo of those new chompers.
The rest of our weekend was equally action filled. We took Max and Hoover for a 6 mile walk on the C&O Canal Trail yesterday (Sunday)and that was a lot of fun. The trail is perfect for both dogs and wee ones because it is under a tree canopy and even on really hot, sunny days dappled sunlight is the most you'll get. Hard to get a sunburn. Unfortuntely, I forgot a camera. It was a beautiful day. We all had a nice walk but boy was I disgusting after carrying him on my chest for 3 miles! He was in the stoller for the other 3. Hoover got many compliments on her backpack (as per usual) and her good looks.
We took another long walk on Saturday. We had to return some library books so we decided to hoof it downtown via Baker Park. It's about 4 miles round trip and, again, a perfect day for a walk. Havers had a fabulous time on the trip home. We walked through Baker Park along the canal and she dove right in. Combination swimming for the thrill of it and trying to catch some ducks. She wasn't actually any where near catching them or even harrassing them so please don't be horrified.
Settling down for the evening.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
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