July 4, 2010 – Day 3

July 4, 2010 – Day 3

The pictures are:
1. At the Market
2. Waiting for the parade to start.
3. At the Mall waiting for the fireworks to begin

We took off early to go to the Eastern Market and do some shopping, as we got there too late yesterday. Barb bought a ring - maybe this is the year of the ring.

Then it was on too the center of the city to see the giant Fourth of July parade.

We got there just in time and found seats on the curb and in the shade. The tempeture hit 97 today and it was hot.

We left a few minutes from the end of the parade to go to the National Cathedral to see a wonderful concert, featuring their 10,000 pipe organ.

After that we had a great lunch/dinner at a local bar and then went downtown to the American Art and Portraiture Center. The highlight was a collection of Norman Rockwell pieces. We ran out of time and wish we would have had an additional 1/2 to see everything.

At 7 they closed the Art Center and we went to the mall and sat on top of the hill under the Washington Monument with over a million of our friends and if it wasn't a million, it was a lot of people

The fireworks were the best ever and the ending was spectacular.

All the roads were closed off so we had to walk the 10 blocks to the hotel.

All-in-all a wonderful day.

Tomorrow we are going to Mt. Vernon and we leave at 3pm for home, a wonderful 4th of July trip to our nation’s capital.