Trip to the National Mall

Well, we finally made it into the city to see some of the monuments and memorials on the National Mall.  Catherine and the kids humored me by waking up pretty early, but that meant the place was not packed, and parking was close.  We started out at the Lincoln Memorial.  I did a bunch of work in Perfect Photo to get rid of the people in this photo, which was probably unnecessary, since there really weren't that many people standing and sitting around.

No post-processing was necessary to get rid of people from this (and the next) shot.  That is a benefit of arriving early, you don't have to share time with Mr. Lincoln.

We spent a good bit of time at the Lincoln Memorial, which was the primary purpose of this trip.

We arrived about five minutes before sunrise, which was pretty.

The low angle of the sun made for some very warm light.  Even though the sun was low, it was still bright when standing in the full sun, so we had to get into the shade.

This one Leah took with my old camera.

Once we were done we decided to take a walk around the reflecting pool.  We started out towards the Korean War Veterans Memorial, which I had never seen before.

Then we headed to the World War II Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Tidal Pool with a view of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, back through Constitution Garden, and past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.  All this by 9:30 am!

After our trip we headed back home, where we are enjoying a lazy Labor Day.  I hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day.  Cheers,

Marc