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Part One

First stop on my glorious (albeit brief) return to civilization
was a trip down to D.C.

I was generously hosted by the ever delightful

buddhaboy and his charming wife
despite violating seven levels of quarantine by allowing me into their home
as all of them were to some degree horribly ill
it was a quite enjoyable visit

We took Mister Oliver (B's oldest son) to Port Discovery in Baltimore
which was quite a blast

Mister Oliver

Mister Oliver in the Ball Pit
[I know I named it bubbles]
[I just couldn't bring myself to title it]
[Mister Oliver's Balls]

and definitely better than the trip to hospital
which followed shortly thereafter for the poor fellow

somehow I managed to withstand whatever
affliction was plaguing his dear family
and managed to get some needed business done in D.C.
even snuck in a day to take photos around the city as well.

during which having been clued in by my host
I managed to finesse my way on to an accident scene
[claiming to be a photographer for the NTSB]
where a tanker truck had failed to navigate an exit ramp
rolled over and gone boom
rumor has it that a photograph of me
wandering around the crash site
was circulating on the Washington Post web site

Not much left eh?

Take a look at the blast radius in this picture

Then I headed down to the National Mall
and snapped some pictures of various touristy stuff
where I was most unceremoniously raped by the meter maid
who gave me a parking ticket 4 minutes after
I parked the car and put twenty minutes worth of time on the meter
[according to my cell and her ticket]

bah anyway
I snapped some shots on the National Mall
the Vietnam memorial and a few other things

Strolling on the National Mall

Christmas at the Vietnam Memorial

Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument

You can browse the rest of my DC photos here

and then I jumped on a jet plane
and headed to Seattle
where I managed to get food poisoning
from the very first thing I ate in that fair city
[some welcome home eh?]
but you'll have to wait for part two to hear all about that

and since I found out classes don't start till Monday
back to bed for my sniffling wheezing and coughing heiny