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Howdy! I hope that everyone is doing well!

This past week, my friend Brian and I went to Washington, D.C., where we walked a lot, experienced all kinds of weather (sun, rain, snow), watched the Super Bowl, visited several memorials and Libraries, and ate some wonderful food.

This was the first time that I have ever been to Washington DC, and I have to say that it was an impressive trip, and I am so glad that I had a chance to see it. While I was there, I listened to Libby - Democracy in Chains and it is really giving me a new insight into how things are working. So much so, that I am re-reading it (I listened to most of it falling asleep). But between that book, seeing these great institutions, learning more about the history of our country I am developing a new lens through which to view the world. I’ll probably have more on that later.

On Tuesday of last week, Catherine moved Will to a new place, and he is really liking it a lot more. He is walking with a walker now. There is still a long way to go to get the fog out of his head, but it is coming along.

Below are some pictures - if you want to see more, you can check out the recap of the trip, which has a LOT more pictures and captions.

Love ya All

Dan W

The Washington Monument at night.

The Lincoln Memorial

The National Museum of the American Indian.

Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the unknown Soldier.

The Thomas Jefferson Library, which he sold to the Library of Congress to “reboot” it after it was burned.

The Korean war memorial in the snow.

The MLK memorial.

The FDR Memorial

The Holocaust Museum - It was worth every moment of the five plus hours we spent in there.

The stairs in the MLK library

The actual motorcycle that Robert Pirsig rode with his son Chris, which was the basis of Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

The National African American Museum,