I finally did something today I've tried to do every time I've been to DC, get up to the top of the Washington Monument. You need tickets to get inside. But the tickets are free, which is great. (Then again, almost everything in DC is free.) The problem is that you can only get tickets the day of, and they go quick because, well, it's popular. And for a good reason.

The view from the top is insane. It's over 500 feet up and you can see the entire district and deep into the neighboring states of Virginia and Maryland. Sadly, for security reasons, I suppose, the little windows that you can look out of from the top are locked shut (and not very clean). It doesn't make for very good photography. Still the landscape is tremendous.

This is a picture of my twin brother Brian who took the day off today to hang with me. Don't tell anyone.