Martin Luther King Jr Memorial

It's hard to believe that there is supposed to be 4-8 inches of snow tomorrow when it is almost 60 degrees today. And thanks to the Martin Luther King holiday I am off! It's great working for the Federal government for that reason alone. It's also hard to believe that last year it was also Inauguration Day.  The streets are certainly less busy, and we did not attend any of the celebrations held today for the holiday. We did however, drive by the MLK Memorial on the way back from lunch in Great Falls. Based on all the cars in the parking lots at the trails and the Roosevelt Island, everyone was out enjoying the mild temps. As we made our way to the Memorial, there was some minor traffic, and tour buses,  but it was easily navigable. Someone is always selling trinkets and pictures, a guard dog reminds everyone to behave, TV vans are on site reporting the latest updates, and reasonable amounts of pedestrian traffic. The "rickshaw" bicycles had a brisk business carting visitors to and from the place. We've driven, walked, and traveled here many times before, and watched the monument being built. Since then, many milestone events have taken place here. Whenever someone asks us where we might move if we were ever to leave DC, we are hard pressed to come up with an answer.