Thomas Jefferson Memorial

After going to bed at 6.30pm we woke a few times during the night (cold) and hoping that the power would be back on but when we woke at 7.30 this morning we were both extremely annoyed that there was still no power.

We had something to eat and I was so annoyed I had another sleep at 8.30am for 2 and a bit hours waking at just before 11.00am. We spoke with management again who promised the power would be back on today so we decided to stay and not find other accommodation.

Again no hot water so had to have a cold wash before getting ready to have a walk around. Didn’t have much planned, other than to see the Capitol Building and Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

While we were walking to the areas, all of a sudden we heard and saw police cars going in every which direction, blocking traffic and all of a sudden Marine One helicopter came over followed by a police helicopter that circled for ages until Marine One left again. We also saw a sharp shooter on a building. Not sure who came to the White House but is anyone really that important - I think not!

We stopped off at Starbucks before coming back to our room. As we got closer we could still hear the generator going so guessing the power was still not on. Apparently the power company is installing a large generator to run lighting, power points and hot water but as we sit here freezing at 7.00pm it still isn’t on!! Knew we should have found alternative accommodation this morning!

We walked 9.6kms today.Read more