D.C.: Top of the Washington Monument!

We made it to the top of the Washington Monument! To save yourself 8+ hours of standing in line stalking these elusive tickets, here are the views from each direction at 500 feet. There's a local peregrine falcon that hangs out up there, so you can also see the remains of its snacks (not pictured).

The National Mall.
The Lincoln Memorial. The reflecting pool was being cleaned and wasn't filled in.
The Jefferson Memorial. The Tidal Basin is looking murky because it'd just rained.
The White House.

And some closeups, because how often are you going up to that view?

We could see workers putting away the stuff from the previous day's Easter Egg Roll.
The glass elevator slows down so you can see the big engraved bricks that were sold to raise money to build the Washington Monument.

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