DC Holiday Part 1: Dueling Washington Monuments

I have taken a trip to the East Coast to visit family, with a week out by myself in DC to sightsee. I haven't been in DC since 2000, and I really love the museums here. When I was in college in Pennsylvania my roommate and I used to drive down here to the Smithsonian all the time for lectures and such.

On the way from my hotel to the Metro line, I passed the Washington Monument.



Well, a Washington Monument, at any rate. I wonder how many there are. This statue sits in the center of Washington Circle, next to the George Washington University Hospital. After a brief trip via Metro to the National Mall, we find the granddaddy of all Washington Monuments:



From here a quick turn 180 degrees reveals the Capitol, at the other end of the National Mall:



After a deceptively long walk up the Mall, you can see it a little better:



This is as close as we're going to get today, however, because we've reached our first destination for today's sightseeing:





Daddy's home.