Ruby and Sydney Here,
Many of you have emailed me and asked about our Washington DC pictures. Well, I've finally gotten some free time from my extremely busy and hectic schedule involving naps, chewies, and of course play time with Mom and Dad. With a short lull in the action, I can now post my pictures from one of our weekend trips into Washington. While these photo's were taken prior to Thanksgiving and Christmas, Sydney and I were so busy with our holiday adventures, I haven't gotten around to showing you until now.
This was going to be so much fun, because Mom and Dad both work in DC during the week so it's sometimes hard to get them to go back downtown on the weekends. But after enough begging and pleading, we finally convinced them it was in their best interest to take us and show us the sites, educationally speaking that is, if they ever expected us to get into one of the better universities when we grew up. So, based on that argument, off we went. Sydney has been downtown before, but this was my first trip and I could barely contain my excitement.
I soon found out that there are way too many things to see and do and to cover it all in one day would be expecting too much, so it was suggested we start at the Capitol.
It seems that this is where something called Congress meets. I don't think this must be a very friendly group because Dad's always mad at them come April 15th. But I'm not so sure because the American humorist from Oklahoma Will Rogers said some really funny things about these people called Congress. Things like;
"The country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer."�
Or
"If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of Congress."�
Sounds like a funny bunch of people so I was a little miffed when I tried to go in and hear some of their jokes and the policeman said "No Dogs Allowed". And they call this a Democracy. I don't think so, at least not until dogs get to vote. So it was up to me to bring a little humor to the mall. Here I am striking my best Congressional pose and saying, "Vote for me and I'll give you a bazillion doggie treats and all the squirrels you can chase."� As you can see, even Sydney thought this was really really funny and was laughing hysterically.
Enough fooling around because we had lots more to see, so we snapped a picture of each other and moved on
Next stop was the Washington Monument. Boy was it ever big. Sydney and I stood at the bottom and looked straight up and from our vantage point it looked like a really big delicious bone. Tell me what you think;
It was at that moment we saw a hot dog stand and boy did that get my attention. I would love a hot dog with lots of chili and cheese on it, yuuuummmmmmm.
Just down from the Washington Monument is the new World War II Memorial. It was so pretty and very popular because it is one of the newest monuments in Washington.
Of course, Sydney wanted her picture taken so she could send it to some of her relatives back in Ireland,
And I had her take my photo just so we would be even,
Directly behind the World War II Monument is the Lincoln Monument. We didn't have time to walk down there, so maybe on our next trip we can get some good photo's for you.
We continued our stroll around the ellipse to the White House. This is where the President lives. We understand a few Presidents have owned Cavaliers. I'm sure that's probably what got them elected. Put us on your campaign literature and you wouldn't even have to campaign. What do you think?
By now it was starting to get late, so Mom, Dad, and Sydney and I started back to the car, but not before stopping at the Jefferson Memorial at the Tidal Basin. This Monument to Thomas Jefferson is very pretty and is very popular during Cherry Blossom Festival in April. If you ever get a chance, you should really come to Washington in the Spring to see the Cherry Blossoms. I know I'll be there and maybe we can meet.
Well I've rambled on too long and there was so much we didn't see like the Supreme Court, Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Museum, the Franklin Roosevelt Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, the Pentagon. The list seems endless. But we'll talk Mom and Dad into taking us back downtown soon and we'll give you another update when that happens. In the meantime, keep checking back in because I have a special treat for all of you coming soon. I think you will all like it very much. Gotta run, we hear the key in the door so Mom and Dad are back.
Ruby and Sydney in Virginia