Dec 28-Almost done in DC

Today we tried to finish up visiting all the memorials along the Mall. We walked a long ways in the process! We started at the Washington Monument, but all the tickets for the day had been given out before 9:30 am. Guess we'll skip that. All the flags in town are at 1/2 staff now out of respect for the passing of Gerald Ford. We visited the Jefferson Memorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, and the Vietnam Memorial. After all that we had sore feet again and were ready for food. Too pooped to walk, we took our first taxi of the trip, up to Georgetown so that we could eat at Martin's Tavern. Caroline and Marc gave us a gift certificate for dinner there. Martins was built in 1933 and evidently lots of presidents have eaten there. We had the two dinners that they are famous for--Gene had a Delmonico steak, and I had crab "lumps" (nasty name for crab cakes). Both were delicious, thanks kids! We even sat in booth #3 -The Kennedy Booth-a.k.a. The Proposal Booth. The little sign on the booth read, "On Wednesday, June 24, 1953, having returned from covering the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth for the Washington Times Herald, Jacqueline Bouvier accepted John Kennedy's proposal of marriage" in this booth. No proposal tonight...but there is exciting news. The real excitement of the day came from Caroline and Marc...but I can't spill it here. You'll have to call them if you want to find out what I'm talking about. Suffice it to say its even better news than the free dinner on the kids! Gene and I are lucky folks! PS One of the pictures I posted was of me in front of a cherry tree in bloom. The weather in DC has been oddly warm and we've seen a few trees and even some daffodils in full bloom. Looks odd with the crunchy fall leaves underfoot!