Today was a rather perfect day in the nation's Capitol.

The temperatures demanded no work and all play. Fellow intern Katy and I took it upon ourselves to do some architectural investigation of the McMillan Commission plan

(aka. WE WENT PADDLE BOATING IN THE TIDAL BASIN)

It was a blast! Paddle-boating is a lot of hard work, Although with a light breeze off the mall, and great viewpoints, we could hardly complain.

President Obama even decided to give us a fly over

(look really close you can see him waving in the window of the helicopter...okay I wish, but this was the President's helicopter. )

Destination REACHED !!

After our journey across the tidal basin we went to the cultural Festival which featured Columbian, West African, Jazz, and Southeastern Asian cuisine and tons of other countries had booths and demonstrations. It was sponsored by the Peace Corps, so there were very interesting exhibits on the National Mall.