The Weather is great: Wish U were here :-)

The Pacific Northwest in each of us is obsessed with weather (if that's not true for you why not let the rest of us in on your secret for ignoring the drizzle of the clouds and the dribble of the weather people who makes gobs of money for guessing on Mother Nature's next whim...). The tourist in Will, John and I smile each morning when we wake up to the bright shadows playing against buildings and trees. It's amazing that we've only been dampened on one of the thirteen days so far. Yesterday's trek through the Washington Mall's memorials to Lincoln, Washington and more importantly to the many soldiers of the wars fought to preserve a way of life was done in t-shirt, shorts and open-toed shoes. Last night I took another tour of the same monuments to see what darkness and light do to the statues and to the atmosphere of the memorial. I've added a couple pix to give a sense of that. That trek was done in the same tourist garb since it had gone all the way from 80 degrees earlier that day to 70 degrees with very little humidity. Fall's smells accompanied us again: the musty but warm oak & crisp, cowboy-like cedar tapped our senses during the day. What a great time to be here. I highly recommend a fall weekend visit to DC if you want to get places, see things (and not mountains of people) and learn about our history.