Around 4:30 we put down our blanket on
the National Mall. We grabbed a center seat.
I tried to wait until people started taking spots
to take ours. I now think we could have
waited another hour or two. These people
have a bubble machine and a kid.
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A bunch of college aged students took up a lot
of ground in order to throw frisbees, footballs,
and to sun bathe.
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The tents you see in the distance are from the
Folk Art festival.
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A little girl waving a flag.
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My wife (up close).
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Frisbee throwing on the Mall.
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I think the girls in the bikinis influenced this
football thrower to take off his shirt.
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Uncle Sam looks like he needs to take up
jogging.
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People playing cards on the Mall.
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These are not corpses.
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Hams.
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A kid playing cards with his mom.
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My wife brought a book to read. So did I. We
also played some cards. We were in direct
summer sunlight for a few hours. SPF45
did its job!
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I didn't think there were enough portapotties,
but I never saw any lines. Maybe we sweated
it all out.
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The base of the Washington Monument. They
have about finished the construction around it.
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These next few pictures are actually a panoramic
set. It pretty much looked like a refugee camp.
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There are more pictures to this panoramic set.
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