May 24, 2019 Friday Potomac River, Rison, MD to
The Wharf on the Potomac River, Washington, DC   26.6  nautical miles.

38°52’49.2″N 77°01’42.9″W
38.880323, -77.028569
Elevation: 0 ft    Tides: 1 ft

It was a beautiful, calm overnight. Not even a ripple across the great river. The alarm clock for the windy went off at 7:30 am. Wave quickly built. Time to pull anchor and get under way.

Along the Way

In the hood (George Washington’s Neighborhood)

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If George Washington really through a silver dollar across the Potomac he either had a really strong arm or it wasn’t here.  The Potomac is a just under a mile wide here. It is 8 miles wide where it enters the Chesapeake. Furthermore, why didn’t he just throw a rock?

As we rounded the bend in the river we got first glimpse of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Alexandria, VA and the Washington Monument in DC.

National Harbor and Aeronautical Smithsonian

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US Naval Research Labratory

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DC landscape

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Heading into our marina

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The area was filled with students on class trips. Some of the Mom’s shepherding them looked a little harried.

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Special Exhibit near Lincoln Memorial

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On to the White House

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Back to the boat through the National Mall

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The movie Forrest Gump was playing on the mall later tonight. Looper Midnight is 9:00 pm so we went back to the boat. And then walked the Warf till true midnight

Neighbors

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Floccinaucinihilipilification

The sculptor behind the statue in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial was Chinese artist Master Lei Yixin. He sculpted 80 percent of the artwork in China, had it transported to the U.S., and then finished the rest on site in D.C. It is made out of 59 pieces of Chinese granite. The memorial is one of four monuments on the National Mall dedicated to a non-president.

The familiar home of all presidents in Washington D.C. was known as the “Presidential Palace” until President Theodore Roosevelt started referring to it as the “White House” on presidential stationery in 1901.

There are 35 bathrooms in the White House. If you are counting there are also 132 rooms, 6 levels, 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.