US Capitol

Today we visited the Capitol. Stephanie called Rep. Jack Kingston's office and made arrangements to meet Mr. Kingston and have a private tour by one of his staff. We arrived at 9:15 and were ushered into his private office. On the coffee table was, of course a bowl of Georgia peanuts and tons of memorabilia on the walls and shelves. Mr. Kingston was in Homeland Security budget meetings and would meet us later. A staff member gave us a tour of the entire Capitol including a ride on the private subway under the Capitol, the Rotunda, tunnels under the Capitol and a chance to sit in the gallery and observe a session. After the tour the Staff member took us to the meeting room where Mr. Kingston was working and he came out and talked with us for about 15 minutes. The whole experience was incredible. It was 12:30 so we had lunch and went to the Museum of Natural History. It would take at least a day to see most of it, but we did catch a good bit of it including the hope diamond (not so big) before we wore out.

September Song awed and out

Bob

Tunnels under the Capitol

Private subway under the Capitol

The Rotunda

Ceiling of the Rotunda