HI
EVERYBODY!!
Phil
and Angie decided to go exploring around the Virginia and Maryland area
one day. This is where they went and what the found!
See
you later!
Having
gotten some very helpful information from one of the desk clerks at the Marriott
Manor Club regarding the best way to get to Washington DC, we of course decided
to go a completely DIFFERENT direction altogether (sorry Ana.) So instead
of heading north to DC, we opted to head SOUTH and take a drive through the Chesapeake
Bay Bridge-Tunnel system. All 17 miles of it!
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Just
prior to entering the first tunnel, there is a place to stop and
eat, take pics, fish and whatnot. |
This
map shows the whole bridge-tunnel system. |
Cars
approaching the first tunnel entrance. |
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A
view of cars entering the first tunnel. |
Our
view of coming out of this... |
a
tunnel exit! |
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Naval
and commercial vessels traveling above us! |
Approaching
a tunnel entrance off in the distant fog. |
The
suspension bridge portion of the trip. |
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The
bridge actually DOES go up that high! |
This
picture is noteworthy since it demonstrates how the system was not
all built at the same time. |
Oh,
yeah. The Capital Building. |
If
you were at all paying attention during the roll call votes at the Democratic
(and presumably the Republican) National conventions, you might have
noticed a bit of a protest from the Washington DC delegates. It seems
that our elected officials have decided that the good people of the District
of Columbia cannot be trusted to have a meaningful (if any) voice in
their representation. I say meaningful because DC does have a representative
in the House, all be it a non-voting one, and NO US Senator represents
a population larger then some US states! Inspite of this, DC residents
DO have to pay taxes into the federal coffers. No matter how you slice
it, this essentially comes down to
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!
If
memory serves, this very subject was the underlying cause for a small
party in Massachusetts that resulted in not only the tossing of some
tea into a harbor but the eventual seperation of some disgruntled colonists
from their home country. If you would like to learn more about this very
interesting demonstration of people not learning from history, click
on the license plate above!
Just to add some legitimacy to this issue,
the background picture is a license plate of a Washington
DC police car!
