Some picture taken Thursday, the one full day we spent in DC. Since pretty much everyone has seen the major landmarks, I’ll stay away from those, and in fact, we stayed away from the physically as well. We went to the Natural History Museum to see what turned out to be rather disappointing exhibit on Darwin. Elsewhere in the museum I was struck by this, a 35,000 year old sculpture. It’s age alone is rather awe inspiring:
Next door to the museum is the sculpture garden. I don’t know if the sculptures there are permanent or temporary exhibits. Many of them are whimsical. Among my favorites:
Lastly, what looks like a naked Uncle Wiggily pondering the idiocy swirling around him at the Imperial Capital.
We did make one foray into a souvenir shop. Normally these shops make an effort to be bi-partisan, but we chanced to stumble on one that made no such pretensions.
No “Don’t blame me, I voted for McCain” shirts here. The only Republican in sight was on a deck of cards featuring a cross-dressing George Bush.
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