Air and Space, and Capitol
Started our day with a visit to Smithsonian Visitor Center. Quick visit then over to the Air and Space Museum. Wow! Could spend a couple of days there and not see it all. We started with a tour but broke off after an hour to see things on our own more rapidly. The building is full of originals in the history of flight. Many rooms full of education done in an entertaining and understandable manner. Would have liked to spend much more time there.
Apollo 11 command module
Off to the office of Representative Tom McClintock to start our Capitol tour. About eleven of us (from places I’d heard of 
Photography is allowed in spots but results not very interesting without being there.
If you look at a map of Washington D.C. you will see four roads radiating out form Capitol. This spot, one floor below Rotunda, is the exact intersection of those roads. The Capitol was laid out as the center of D.C.
Very center of inside of Rotunda dome. Everything else is covered in canvas during refurbishment.
Note to self and others: Work out a technique for going through security checks easily. Today we went through 5 or 6 in just two buildings. Quite a hassle. Thought I had eliminated most extraneous stuff but there was still a lot of pocket emptying
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