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Today we ventured out into the nation's capital. Well eventually, when Sarah woke up anyway! The travel is starting to catch up with her in a big way. I think she needs a couple of Doona Days soon.
Washington certainly is more than the dull grey buildings we saw on arrival. A well laid out city of parks and gardens with monuments to great men and powerful ideas.
We set out around 1pm and hired bikes to see the sights. We found this was a great way to get from place to place, and sure made a welcome relief from walking the pavements.
There was really only one traffic incident and it wasn't because we were on the wrong side of the road. Can't really say it wasn't our fault though. There was a three car pile up on a bridge just as Sarah cycled across. She claims it wasn't her fault that the taxi driver didn't see the cars in front of him stopping, but I have my doubts!
We have been very fortunate throughout our trip to have been in the right places at the right times and today was no exception. We had already found out that to visit the White House you need to apply 6 months in advance. Imagine our delight when we found that today was one of the two times a year that the White House grounds are open to the public! So we got to go through the immense security and wander less than 20 metres from the Oval Office! We didn't see any of the big Bushes but did catch up with the two Scottie dogs belonging to the president.
We later visited with Mr Lincoln and went for a ride around all the big landmarks and along the Delaware river.
Tomorrow our shuttle transport arrives at 4.40am to take us to the airport! We don't fly out until 8.40 but it was the only connecting shuttle bus. Looks like it will be another long day of travel. We fly to Toronto with a 2 hour stopover before flying into Saskatoon.
Soooooo looking forward to catching up with everyone at the farm!