Ho Hum Morning Walk in DC

We usually drive in to town at least once a week. Yesterday we parked on the National Mall by the Smithsonian Castle. It was a very strange vibe. All we saw were large groups of student tours and not a lot of anything else. There is obviously always something to see, but on this day nothing seemed right. I suppose you could say we are in between seasons. There were signs that all the remnants of summer and fall were being cleared away for the Christmas season - especially at the US Botanic garden. The outdoor Christmas trains are being erected and the plant based monuments are being placed inside the grand entrance/conservatory. The fountain by the Air and Space Museum was actually running - I don’t recall the last time that happened. The birds were having fun. There was nothing much interesting at the American Indian museum grounds. We’d like to check out any new exhibits at the Hirshhorn the next time we visit. Bartholdi gardens had some new plants, but it was unremarkable. There were so many cars parked on the east side of the Capitol you knew something was happening inside. I guess I wasn’t in the mood to take photos or the scenes just didn’t do it for me - which is quite unusual. The funny thing was our daughter in law was in town for the day for an AARP staff meeting. If we had known we could have walked a bit together. We lived down the street from our family on Capitol Hill for several years. We know she misses the neighborhood. And like us, we like to visit it every once in a while.