Same Shirt, Different day-2012 Adventures of the "Devonport Wonder Babes"

Michael and Saida’s house is in Rock Creek with forest across the road where coyotes howl in the night !!

Michaels House in Rock Creek

Forest on right where coyotes howl !!

Lyndsay with her niece May

Today Saida dropped us at Tetley Town Metro as on way to take May to ballet. Bit of a delay cos they were working on lines. Headed to west side of National gallery with the more classic collections-the building itself is magnificent. An exhibition we liked was modern street photography (I Spy) from New York, reminiscent of Bill Cunningham’s work for New York Times.

Rotunda in National Gallery West

A pleasant lunch time was spent in the sculpture garden-lots of kids and parents dangling feet in water as very hot day about 28 degrees.

Lunchtime nap in sculpture gardens

Then it was off to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Helens #1 choice and Lyndsay was a reluctant starter there but became an instant convert as she walked in the front entrance to see John Glenn’s orbital capsule, yes the real thing, right in front of her. Then the real Apollo 11 capsule and a moon landing module ( not a real one cos that’s still on the moon)  but one of the spares, plus you can rub your fingers over a piece of moon rock. Plus lots of Soviet space stuff, a V2 rocket, Lindbergs plane “The Spirit of St Louis” spy planes etc etc. What a fantastic place-definitely needs another visit sometime and most amazing of all is that the Smithsonian museums are free !! As also is the Washington Zoo.

Mercury Friendship 7

Apollo 1 Command Module



  John Glen and Yuri Gagarin Spacesuits

Touching the Moon Rock



Lindberg's "Spirit of St Louis"

Michael got back from a visit to London that evening and we all went out to dinner at Pain Quotidien in Bethesda. Lots of fancy European cars and beautiful young people around that area.