Friends of ours are going to Washington DC this week for a
four day holiday. I had no idea one could go to DC without having to run a
marathon or at least a 10k race, but I guess it’s possible after all. As a
self-appointed travel aficionado I have ten pieces of advice to offer our
traveling friends.
1. Don’t take your drone and fly it
over the White House. This is really frowned upon and will result in the drone
being shot down. If you decide to go ahead and fly the drone anyhow don’t call
me for bail money.
2. If you are playing President Obama
one-on-one in basketball don’t let him drive to the left. Remember he is
left-handed, so force the Prez to go right, similar to what some people would
like him to do politically.
3. When touring the White House, if you get
hungry, don’t go off into Mrs. Obama’s garden. She did not grow all those
vegetables for you to take back to the hotel.
4. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting
Pool is not for swimming. Yes, it would make a great lap pool, but don’t take
your wetsuit and jump in. That would be another cause to need bail money and my
credit card is already maxed out so I can’t help you.
5. Don’t take selfies after climbing
into the lap of President Lincoln’s memorial statue.
6. If the President’s motorcade comes
by on your morning jog get out of the way. Don’t grab onto his limo and pretend
to be part of security. This wouldn’t end well for you.7. Don’t jump into the Panda cage at the Smithsonian National Zoo. They may look cute and cuddly but they aren’t.
8. Yes, Washington DC is sinking, but don’t worry, it’s only going down about 6 inches per 100 years, due to geological reasons. However the sea level is rising due to global warming so you might want to take your kayak just in case that is an issue. DC does have sections right at current sea level.
9. One of NASA’s land rovers from a moon mission was recently found in an Alabama scrap yard. If you have some of NASA’s space artifacts this visit to DC might be a good time to donate them to the Smithsonian.
10. A daughter of mine, whom shall remain nameless, ran about 15 miles of the MCM before dropping out. She didn’t have any money and wanted to get back to the hotel. She went to the metrorail station hopped the gate and got on the train. I don’t recommend this as standard procedure. Getting chased by police inside the metrorail area might be amusing to spectators but not to you.
2 comments:
Thanks for the great advice! Not only are we grateful for the advice, we are very impressed with your knowledge of so many topics, from the President's basketball game to the geological status of DC! It will be hard to be there without a race, but we'll try to get a few miles in one way or another!
Actually, getting onto the metro was easy....getting off was were I had a problem!
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