Washington, DC: The National Mall

I was fortunately enough to take TWO trips to DC recently. In March, the weather was spring-like with crisp air, a few blooms, and blue skies. Oh I was happy to see some blue sky after all the rain in Juneau, AK.

My friend LMH was nice enough to host me for a few days and we ran around the National Mall the morning before I had to jump on the plane. You can see a peak at the Capitol Building, the National Sculpture Garden, and the National Archives building.
I was particularly enamored by this very "real-looking" metal tree sculpture. It was almost as though the artist has dipped a tree in metal.

photo credit: Cayenne 03.06.10