Adventuring with Kevin in Washington, DC - 11/1/11

The day before Halloween and Kevin goes grisly as Zach stands ready to do the carving.

Which is the scarier face? :)

Lots of Bell Family albums to choose from.

An iChat with Beau at Stanford U. .. [Kevin and Bill in corner image.]

Checking out the all-new guest bathroom downstairs.

Kevin is very talented, handling everything himself, including tiling, electrical and plumbing.

OK, taking off work Tuesday for the Big Ride.

There are still lots of leaves left to fall!

To save time, we drove in closer to start from Vienna.

This path actually extends to a block from Kevin's home, and he'll bike to work somedays.

Superb fall day.

[Air Force Memorial in background.]

A name on each pedestal.

The rebuilt central section here has the lighter color.

Back to the Tidal Basin - and checking in on TJ.

Across the Tidal Basin to the new MLK Memorial.

Rear of MLK Memorial.

[There were additional quotes on the left half of the long wall.]

Time to indulge in the sack lunches and wine we had picked up earlier in the ride.

Ask me sometime about the stain at our feet. :) ... I think we got most of it out before leaving.

The Reflecting Pool isn't reflecting very well today!

... and the Washington Monument was closed due to recent earthquake damage.

Just the day before I visited the Gettysburg Battlefield in Penn, where this speech was first delivered!