Homer and Ryder, two well known painters, are part of the permanent collection, and are well worth checking out. The landscapes and figures are painted in immaculate hues. Walking through the art is always a pleasant experience, and this time was no different.
The Archives opened up at 10:00 am and we were able to go right up to the documents, read the history of the paper, the writers, the importance of events surrounding them and the context they were written in, and what the faded text actually I followed what any DC local would do and did not get involved in political discussions. Our brief wait outside had us listening to a liberal political science professor from Kansas and a conservative tourist from Oklahoma exchanging lively words as to the relative worth or lack thereof of Obama, government, and Katherine Sibelius. Our first stop was the National Archives, where the founding documents of America are held. That being said, we made it through the surprisingly light traffic to the metro itself, and trundled to the Smithsonian stop by mid-morning. Now, while I do praise the public transit system in the metro area, the bus by my house is a rush-hour only bus, so it makes the available schedule for getting into and out of DC and bit tight. We woke up quite early in order to catch the bus over to the metro station. Photos and views from the outside to be added later today! Time for a little break from populism and policy, two of my friends are in the district today (visiting from Arizona, which officially has more snow than Washington) and are doing the machine gun version of sightseeing.
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