'Monument'al Moments

A busy work week has once again come to a close, and what a week it's been! Mr Kelemen and Mr Matthews were both disappointed that the weathermen in D.C. are as unreliable as they are in Utah. Wednesday afternoon and evening, the workers throughout the city were all abuzz with the forecast of significant snow storms that would shut the city down. Both of us were hopeful for an extra extra long weekend--courtesy of a snow-day issued by OMP (U.S. Office of Personnel Management)--but alas, we were to be disappointed. Despite all the hubbub, Thursday morning arrived as dry as the Sahara. So, off to work we went. While Jacob was driving around D.C. in his work issued van (reminiscent of the Kele-bus back at home in Utah), he was surprised and amused to see a small army of snow plows driving throughout the city lined up back to front with their salt sprayers on full blast. The pavement was not even wet and there was nary a cloud in the sky (combined with the fact that they weren't even occupying multiple lanes), but they effectively insured that not only was D.C. sodium protected against up to a foot of snow, but that all of the vehicles in the city will lose a few years due to salt-rust damage. Needless to say, we're no longer in Utah.

(Picture not taken by us...or by anyone this winter for that matter)

But we digress. As we are well aware, a picture is worth a thousand words. So, here goes seven thousand words.

Here is contemporary D.C. (no snow) as captured by Mr. Kelemen and Mr. Matthews in our lovely excursion today to the monuments.

Mr. Kelemen and Mr. Matthews visiting Brother Lincoln (Turns out that the statue on our penny isn't Paul Bunyan after all)

 Brother Thomas reflecting.

Also pictured here:

Reflection Pool (ironically enough), the Washington Monument,

 the Capitol building, and various tourists.

 The DC boys

(picture taken by a Korean tourist-turned-friend who must have been a professional photographer based on the number of pictures that he took, the time that he took to take them, and the various angles that he discomforted himself by, throughout the process)

Thomas after hearing a comical comment by Jacob

Jacob thinking of the comical comment.