The Washington Monument

Friday, Sept. 29
Otherwise known as the Big Pencil or the Washington Mommymint (what us S kids lovingly called it when we were growing up)...



Waiting for the elevator...

Can you identify these landmarks?
These pictures were taken from the top of the Washington Monument.
If you want to see a bigger version of the picture, just click on it.
(The answers are given towards the end of this blog...)




































My parents and the kids standing in front of the mall after we came out of the Washington Monument.
Answers:
Picture 1 - The White House
Picture 2 - Jefferson Memorial
Picture 3 - U.S. Capitol
Picture 4 - Lincoln Memorial
Picture 5 - Washington D.C. Temple

We luckily had a very nice clear day to go up the monument and see the sights. I don't remember ever being able to see the temple so clearly in the past when I have gone up. You could see all 6 spires of the temple. I remember in the past having to stand in line for several hours to go up the monument. The line would wrap around the base of the monument several times. Now you have to go to the monument and get tickets for a specific time. They say that during the peak tourist times (summer mostly) the tickets for the whole day are gone within the first half hour of opening the ticket booth. Unfortunately no system is perfect...