About a week ago we visited the White House (or at least we saw it as close up as they will let you (which is quite a ways away)).
Monday (the 30th) we went to see the two other branches of power:
The Supreme Court (Højesteret) and The Capitol (parlamentsbygningen).
This time we were invited inside. 😊
In the Supreme Court we were not allowed to take any pictures.
We did get to go into the heart of the place, the courtroom and got to see, for a few minutes, a real case taking place with the nine justices listening to, and arguing with, counsel (advokaterne). Very interesting.
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| U.S. Supreme Court |
After that we had a tour at the capitol.
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| US Capitol |
We went up to the room in the rotunda (kuppel) where there were lots of statues and large paintings.
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| The rotunda |
The statues were "the usual suspects": Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln etc. etc.
But also more current like Eisenhower, Ford and not least Reagan.😊
Not all the statues were presidents, but I did spot one that I think should have been. 😊
Tuesday was set aside for resting and household activities.
Well, ended up that we didn't have a choice either, since we had to bring the Tahoe to a garage (værksted) because the rear brakes started to sound strange on Monday. We found a garage nearby who could take us in Tuesday morning.
They had the car all day and we had a major job done on the rear brakes.
New pads, rotors and parking brakes (bremseklodser, skiver og håndbremse).
Got the car back late afternoon and we are now ready to move on after a little over a week near Washington DC.
And then not really anyway. On the way back from the garage I noticed that our brake controller in the car for the electrical brakes on the camper was out. I went back to the garage this morning. They found out that the controller was not working, but this was not their line of business, so they couldn't fix it. They helped as much as they could. I eventually found a place 20 miles south, in Fredericksburg, that sold the same kind.
We had this one installed in Minnesota 2 months ago!
The place in Fredericksburg had the controller, took me in right away and installed a new one. They even called the manufacturer about the warranty (garanti) and arranged that I got a new one for free. They only charged $38 for labor(arbejdsløn). That is pretty impressive customer service.
Because of that we got out of Dumfries a few hours later than planned.
We are now in Toano, Virginia (40 miles/65km east of Richmond, just before Williamsburg).
We are at a very small campground, a very nice one in the woods.
Quiet and big site. Full hookup, working Wi-Fi. And only $30 per night!
There must be a catch (en hund begravet)!! Well so far we have found 2:
You cannot bring alcohol to the campground and they would rather you did not bring cats or dogs😊. We can live with both (well without actually)😊.
Written by JJ
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