This puts me in mind of Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan (1907-1995). In 1938 after flying his beat-up old plane from California to New York, he was denied clearance to fly the Atlantic to Ireland, a big deal in those days. He filed a flight plan back to California, then proceeded to fly east to Ireland. He claimed this…
The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Every trip is an education and a delight. You can stand right next to the Spirit of St. Louis and the Apollo 11 Command Module, and touch a real moon rock. There’s even an annex a few miles from my home in Northern Virginia. When I need inspiration I go and commune with Discovery.
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” — Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 22 October 1945.
DC Duck Boats, amphibious vehicles (military surplus, I think) that drive you around DC and then up and down the Potomac. They aren’t air conditioned (it gets real hot in DC in the summer), they stink of diesel, the Potomac is not a particularly inviting river, and the boats have a disconcerting habit of flipping over…