Wii Party

Went to a Wii party hosted by Don. I never played Wii before and it was awesome. I got to get one! We played team bowling first, Wendy (who thru only strikes) and Rich blew everyone away in the practice round. With the stakes high, shots for all losers, Don, Lisa and I won! Don't remember who won the next 2, all I know is I had to shoot Jaegermeister. Okay, I didn't get any pictures of bowling, but here we are playing doubles tennis, and Guitar master.

A awesome forehand shot by Lisa as Summi her teammate watches.

Play it Rich! As his groupee Alana rocks on.

Stroke those strings Don!

Views from the Washington Monument

On this trip to DC, I got myself up early, so I could stand in line to get tickets for the Washington Monument. I got to the station at about 0730. The ticket booth opened at 0830, I thought it was 0800. But better early then late, I guess. Anyway, I was around number 60 in line, and it did build. I'm not sure how many tickets are allotted per hour, but by the time I got to the front, I got the last ticket for the 1000 time. Anyway, it was worth it, the view was awesome. I'm glad I went early too, because it clouded up about 12noon.

The elevator up to the top

The beacon as seen from the inside

The view of the Capitol Building

The White House
The Lincoln Memorial
The Jefferson Memorial, with Reagan National Airport in the background.
See the plane?
Doesn't it look like a Angel in the clouds?

National Cherry Blossom Festival DC

This past weekend was the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC. This commemorates the gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees from the City of Tokyo. I missed the peak bloom period (when 70% of the blossoms are open), because the forecast came up short. Peak bloom turned out to be April 4. Oh well, we can't predict Mother Nature huh? The highlight of the Festival is the Parade down Constitution Ave, and the Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival. Hope they predict right next year!

Miss America was on this float. I was on the wrong side of the street!I thought the name of this band is funnyIt's the origami Target dog!

Even though I missed peak bloom, there were still some trees with blossoms. Here are some of the varieites of Cherry Blossoms.

Of course, this is not cherry blossoms, but my favorite vine, wisteria