SBA, Final Day - A few moments more with friends and Lincoln and then farewell DC.

After breakfast with our friend, MT, we took a little walking tour from Ford's Theater to the White House and Back. It was fine, a good way to end the trip and revisit some of the places we had already been. We walked past Lincoln's church and very few places that remained from Lincoln's time...a hotel, a boardinghouse, two theaters...the guide was "in character" as a detective from the Washington police department. We all had documents to share and we voted at the end - guilty or not guilty.

We walked past the National Archives where we started our tour of DC.

A child lost some wooden beads and a kind "passer-by" put them up on this granite ledge, just in case the child returns.

The Treasury (Is it just me or do some of these buildings look alike?)

I love rows of things. This is a beautiful fence.

[OK. If you think this is obsessive, wait until I post the photos of the DC eagles.]

Barricade or hitching posts or both?

More of our guide (we wouldn't have found Mrs. Surratt guilty).

Last of the blooming trees for us.

Last look at the White House.

Hustling down the path.

Gotta love the signs. Slugs are folks who snag a ride to commute with someone so one can get a free ride and the other can drive in the fast lane.

This was the only place we saw this kind of action. The guard here had a dog out "sniffing" the pizza delivery guy. The back of that vehicle was FULL of pizza.

Reading and sleeping at the airport. Yup. No traffic and TSA Pre again. We were WAY early for our flight.

A Texas sunset welcomed us back to the state as we drove toward the "meet-up" spot with Mom.

DH had a little surprise waiting for me too. I did not use my teeth!

 As Dorothy Gale * says, "there's no place like home," but DC was pretty special - made more so by sharing the adventure with JRF!

 
NOTES:

* Does anyone really need this? The Wizard of Oz reference.