With the Debonair anchored nearby and us going ashore at their dinghy dock everyday for a small fee, we made ourselves at home at the Capital Yacht Club in Washington. Not the type of place where we usually hang out, but we are definitely flexible. The members were very friendly, opening their facilities to us and providing local knowledge about DC as well as much appreciated rides to food and boat stores for supplies.
Among the thousands of objects on display in the Smithsonian collections, a hatch door (3 ft x 3 ft) from the Apollo 11 Command Module at the Air and Space Museum was one of the most fascinating to me. It shows the engineering complexity of advanced technology used in space flight, yet it's also composed and framed like a work of art.
This colorful "flower garden" constructed of wood and designed geo- metrically was a favorite at the Hirschhorn Museum.


There was also a challenging exhibit of painting and sculpture by the German artist Anselm Kiefer, in a far more somber mood as shown by his preferred color, grey, and material, lead.

Larry