A view of the Capitol from the last day of our trip to Washington, D.C.

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Looks like a AAA office, but it's maps in the Geography Reading Room of the Library of Congress!

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Ask for maps in the Geography Reading Room in the Library of Congress, and they deliver! Here Claudia browses through some maps we asked for of north central New Mexico dating back to 1939.

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This image was taken on The Mall in Washington, D.C., in front of the Smithsonian Castle. The view is to the east, and it's about 3/4 of a mile to the Capitol in the distance.

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This image was taken on The Mall in Washington, D.C., in front of the Smithsonian Castle. The view is to the west, and it's about 1/2 of a mile to the Washington Monument in the distance.

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Tulips in Lafayette Park, on the north side of the White House.

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This is Scorch, the dragon, my car's mascot.

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The new 2002 Honda CR-V. It's a nice ride on long trips.

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Marissa playing with her new/used laptop computer.

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Aja - what a nut!

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On the road to Iowa through the rolling hills of northwest Illinois.

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Moooooooooo! Cows in Jo Davies county, Illinois.

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Claudia in the "Chill Out" bubble at orangeskin in Chicago, for our friend Eva Wang's first art show in the U.S.

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Tulip and rhododendron blossoms in our courtyard - the fruits of our labors last fall.

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Daffodils - isn't spring wonderful?

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Back to work - just one boring meeting after another!

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