{ 2007 01 6 }
I had a week off work for the last week of the year so we went down the Washington DC for a few days. We rented a car and drove there and back (not such a fun drive). Once there we had a good relaxing time in the nice weather (50s) and enjoyed a few museums, the botanic gardens, the zoo, and some general walking around the mall area. Nice trip! The capitol building was closed early and the for the rest of the week (preparations for Ford's funeral) so we could only wander around there. But it did mean a trip to the adjacent botanic gardens which is a mostly indoor sequence of separate halls under a huge greenhouse-style enclosure. There were pandas at the zoon including an aging baby who needs to stop nursing, leave home, and get a job! The subway in W.DC has carpet in the subway cars! Back home for new year's celebration - just a quiet one at home but lots of fun times ahead for 2007 for sure. Happy new year to you from all of us!