I managed, my final morning in DC, to explore the Smithsonian Institution’s remarkable gardens, which run between some of the museums and around the “castle,” its first building from the 1840’s. Mercifully, though the shutdown began the day I arrived in town, there were sufficient funds for the museums and gardens – which I’d never even taken time to notice, on past visits! — to remain open for a bit more than a week. I truly hope that, even as so much change comes to how the central government of the US uses the many tax dollars it receives, that support for this national treasure & pride will remain firm.
(so much world, so little time....) 
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