And Gordon received another diploma at the dinner dance:
Again, we all stayed up way too late for geezers and obviously, continued to imbibe:
That's Richard in the foreground, checking out Gordon's hair while Gordon and Clint discuss the price of wine at the Marriott (those two employees were keeping a close eye on us...we just have looked like we were up to something). The next day, graduates from 1941 through the 70's all met up at a picnic on the shores of the Potomac.
After reunioning, we stayed a couple of days to, well, goof off. It was too soon to continue the road trip to Montreal. We spent an afternoon at Mt. Vernon. Pati had never been there (yes, even after living in the DC area for five years. Government working people are busy working people) and Gordon hadn't been since the obligatory grade school field trip. So, here's old George himself:
And a couple of views around his lovely homestead:
Next day, we headed to Arlington National Cemetery to pay our respects at the grave of our Uncle Carl Payne, who passed away at the end of 2013.
Since neither of us had been to Arlington for a long time and we felt like a walk, we decided to look around the more "touristy" portions of the cemetery. Here's the view from the Curtis Lee mansion:
We arrived at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier just in time for the changing of the guard, and then found some interesting grave sites, including Pappy Boyington (of Flying Tigers fame), Joe Lewis (he served in the Army) and, no kidding...Lee Marvin.
We had dinner with family and friends both nights, and then we were off for Canada.
