Empty Streets on Sunday in August

Sunday morning is usually very quiet in town. But if you add the month of August in to the mix it is more than quiet. As usual we took our morning walk. When it is too hot to take the national mall route, we prefer the air conditioned union station. I like the national mall scenery much more - especially the gardens around all the Smithsonian buildings. Today just seemed eerily silent... past the Supreme Court and Capitol, the senate office buildings, through the park down to Massachusetts Avenue in front of Union Station. Inside the station was the same. Most of the retail shops and restaurants weren't open yet, and the lines boarding the trains were not snaking all across the terminal. Pennsylvania Avenue looked odd too, and the closer we got back to our neighborhood, there wasn't a vehicle in sight. Things change dramatically when Monday rolls around, and the congestion and lack of street parking gets to be quite annoying. So we should enjoy the silence. But since I am not a person of extremes, I much prefer the same pace every day. I don't think that will ever happen in this city.