Sunday, Sept 21 continued… we headed west along The National Mall, taking in the buildings on both sides of us. On the south side, next to the Arts & Industries Museum, was the Smithsonian Castle. It was also closed for renovation.

Across from the castle, on the north side of The Mall, was The Museum of Natural History.

Next to that was the Museum of American History

We walked on until we got to the Washington Memorial. View from across the street.

View from up close. The monument was completed in 1884, and at the time was the tallest building in the world. Apparently, visitors could go inside and take an elevator up to the top, but we had to have tickets. We noted the information on how to get tickets.

View of the Lincoln Memorial, which was the last monument on the east end of The Mall.

The Museum of African American History and Culture, which was just a little bit northwest.

We turned around and headed back to the shuttle bus stop, this time taking Independence Avenue instead of walking through The Mall. We thought this building was the Department of Agriculture, but we weren’t sure.

We realized the road that ran through the Department of Energy building was the road the Spy Museum was on. Realizing it wasn’t that long of a walk back to the marina, we walked back.

We saw a train going under the bridge. The railroad tracks were barely noticeable between the tall buildings.

Here was a shot of the group walking on the bridge towards the Spy Museum.

We got back to the marina at around 1830. We had a quiet night aboard.