Date Of Visit: October 12, 2024
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| Thomas Jefferson Memorial |
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| Thomas Jefferson Statue |
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| Thomas Jefferson Statue |
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| View of Washington Monument from Thomas Jefferson Memorial |
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| Thomas Jefferson Memorial from nearby bridge |
See full list of Ranger Dan's National Parks Visited here.
Date of Visit: October 12. 2024
On my walk around the Tidal Basin, I ended up spending some extra time at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial because the bookstore opened later than I thought and I wanted the National Park stamps from there. To kill time, I did a sketch.
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial |
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| "Freedom from Fear" |
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| Waterfalls |
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| Eleanor Roosevelt |
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| Fireside Chat |
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| Presidential Eagle |
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| My Sketch |
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| My Sketch w/ National Park Stamp |
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Date of Visit: October 12. 2024
As I had a late afternoon flight home, I spent the morning walking around the Tidal Basin and National Mall collecting a few of the National Park stamps I did not have or at least had not gotten in a few years. I mainly wanted to visit the US Park Police Horse Stables as I had never been other than we had saw it when we were walking the Mall the previous weekend after it had closed for the day. I also visited the Japanese Pagoda and Floral Library part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks.
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| Japanese Pagoda |
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| Japanese Pagoda w/ Thomas Jefferson Memorial in background |
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| United States Park Police Horse Stables and Education Center |
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| Horse at the Park Police Horse Stables and Education Center |
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| Floral Library |
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| Floral Library |
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| Floral Library |
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| Floral Library |
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Date of Visit: October 6. 2024
On our walk back to the hotel on the National Mall from the Lincoln Memorial, I noticed the JFK Hockey Fields sign, which neither Dad or I had never seen before.
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Date of Visit: October 6. 2024
We started our day at the National Museum of the American Indian. While it was a long walk to the other end of the National Mall, the Lincoln Memorial was a good ending point for the day as Lincoln is Nora's favorite president. She even enjoyed reading the Gettysburg Address and 2nd Inaugural.
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| Lincoln Memorial |
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| Gettysburg Address |
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Date of Visit: October 6. 2024
This day we were mostly focused on getting Nora stamps in her National Passport book, which I got her the day before when we went to the top of the Washington Monument (was too focused on showing her the different landmarks and forgot to take any Ranger Dan photos then). Since we wanted to make sure we got to the Lincoln Memorial before the stores closes, we just crossed the street and got on the block as the President's Park to take a photo with the White House rather than go up closer.
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Date of Visit: October 13, 2024
Location: Grand Strand Coffee, Myrtle Beach, SC
Mom, Dad, Mik, and I enjoyed a Sunday walk to Grand Strand Coffee. I got my favorite fall drink there, which is the Maple Pumpkin Spice Latte (iced as it did not feel like fall today). Mom got iced coffee, Mik got the Pan Van Latte, and Dad got the Lavender Haze Latte.
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Date of Visit: October 12, 2024
Location: Colada Shop - The Wharf, Washington, DC
I noticed Colada had a fall menu when I was walking past it after I had gotten a latte at Pluma. On my way back from my walk around the Tidal Basin, I decided to try the Orange Raspadura & Boniato Latte. Really did not end up tasting much different than a regular latte, though.
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Date of Visit: October 12, 2024
Location: Pluma by Bluebird Bakery, Washington, DC
I grabbed a Lavender Latte from Pluma as a headed for a walk around the Tidal Basin and National Mall. I enjoyed this much more than the Orange Spice Latte I tried last time.
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Date of Visit: October 4, 2024
Location: JoCo Coffee Co., Selma, NC
We did end up with Starbucks for our first coffee of the day as it is the only option when we start road trips at around 5:30am from home. When we were ready for a second cup, Dad asked if I wanted Caribou at the Kenly Truck Stop that we have often stopped at between Myrtle Beach and D.C. Instead I decided to see if I could find a local coffeeshop on our route and I managed to find JoCo Coffee in just enough time for Dad to take the exit for it.
JoCo Coffee is located inside the Old North State Food Hall and is conveniently just off the I-95. Only the coffeeshop was open when we stopped in around 9am, but there are several food places inside that make this look like it would be a good place to stop for lunch or dinner another time we are passing through.
I got a Caramel Apple Latte, Mom got an Iced Coffee w/ Sugar Free Caramel, and Dad got just a coffee.
See full list of Our Koffee Trail stops here and Our Koffee Trail Google Maps list here.
