An Englishman in DC District of Columbia, United States
By The Wombles on 09-Jun-02. Waypoint GC6271

#15553 - 12:20:00; Day 15 of the great USA and Canada Road Trip with Sol de lune, and the first leg which has taken us from Minneapolis through to Washington DC, is nearly done with our last day in DC before we head west to Seattle and Abbotsford for the big events over there.Today we returned to the National Mall between the Washington Memorial and the Capitol, seeking out the many adventure labs in the area around the various Smithsonian sites and where I collected this virtual as we made our way around on another warm day. Gathered the required information, which was sent to the CO who gave a quick OK. A fave for the story of this one.Greetings from Australia and TFTC The Wombles

Spent the day in DC walking 10 miles and taking in the views. TFTC.

We were off to the USA and Canada for a few weeks of holiday, and thoroughly enjoyed traveling around, and visiting the many different places and caches we came across



This one was next up on the list for us today, and our first visit to a Smithsonian! We made our way to GZ, and parked up our bikes on the bench outside. We had a good look around inside, and soon had our answers we needed A great little visit, and plenty of information for us to spend a while reading [^]



TFTC The Wombles, our answers have been sent



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After doing a trolley tour of DC, I left the geo-widow to do her thing and headed off on a caching tour of the National Mall area this afternoon, which took me to places I may not have seen otherwise. The Smithsonian Castle was great ... thanks for bringing me there. Email sent.

Up this way from Mississippi for a school I had to attend in Pennsylvania and this was a good stop off on our way home . Craftinmomma and I Had so much fun walking around Arlington and the Capitol seeing some great sites today watching the Ceremony at the Unknown Soldier Site and just taking in the beauty of this place and the vastness of it also ! Really Enjoyed the Virtual s today and a lot of the sites in DC ! We appreciate all the work done to create the virtual s and keeping them operating . We Thank You !!! Email on the way .

What a beautiful building. I absolutely love the woodwork. TFTC. Will send answers.

Thanks for the smiley.

Visited this one today on a sightseeing trip through the Mall. The weather had finally cleared up so I could do lots of nice virtuals like this one. Very interesting! A good cache!

TFTC, Narga

Had a great time in DC this past week and this Cache only added to the experience. Thanks Tccd

Quick stop while waiting for the tour bus to pick us up. Neat bit of history. Would never have stopped in otherwise. TFTC!

Found it at 1459 hrs during a nice hike along the Mall.

An easy 'find', my seventh Womble Virtual cache, but the other six are in Britain!
Nice to find another Womble cache after all this time.

Thanks for the fun!

Bluelamb03

This entry was edited by bluelamb03 on Wednesday, 14 May 2014 at 21:57:14 UTC.

Email sent and this was my first virtual cache! Thanks for the experience!

Un arrêt de 3 jours lors de notre voyage sur la côte Est des USA. On en profite pour faire quelques caches.

Cette cache est notre 3052 depuis notre début en fevrier 2013. Merci a The Wombles d'avoir placé cette cache pour notre plaisir et ainsi de nous faire sortir pour jouer dehors.

Stop 3 days during our trip to the east coast of the USA. We took the opportunity to do some caches.

TB visit

15:15; I spent my weekend off in the US to do sightseeing & geocaching in D.C. I already emailed you the answers...
Thank you for this really interesting story - I was surprised about the answer and I leave an fav point in the castle

tftvc

tftc!

It is always good to visit this place and to learn about it. Thanks for contributing to that learning. Answers sent.

I arrived a bit late and could unfortunatelly not enter the museum to see his tomb...but luckily I met an off duty guard just exting and closing the main gate and she could tell me the answers. It was very obvious when she told me the name.

This entry was edited by c45 on Saturday, 10 May 2014 at 22:34:36 UTC.

Found with NinjaSockMonkey. He will be emailing on my behalf.

TFTC- this was indeed very interesting.

Ninja'd w. Mochalab. Email sent.
Thanks.

A wonderful piece of history.
Found with divingbrothers on our USA Tour.
TFTC
harrylime

Visited together with harrylime during a great time in the United States.

No I know more about Mr. ....

tftc

(mail sent by harrylime)

Cache found, answer sent. It's a great piece of the DC virtual circuit. Thanks for bringing me back here, and TFTC!

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A wonderful piece of history, and I now know where the name comes from

A great Idea for a Virtual Cache.

Hello from Western Australia.

Thanks for the cache [^]
[:o)]
This is my find number 2938

This is one of our favorite virtuals yet. Of all the times we've visited D.C., we didn't know the history behind this man and certainly didn't know of this particular location. Answers on the way soon. TFTC!

In town for a conference, so Mrs WW took the opportunity to visit some of the museum's on the national Mall and pick up a few caches while I listened to various lectures. E-mail sent with answers. Thanks for the virtual cache.

I've been here for some times, but I never checked this out until now! Thanks for giving me more information about this man!! It's a pleasure..

Another virtual that we were able to grab along the mall today. Answers have been emailed. TFTV.

Found it during trip to DC. TFTC

Found during marvelous sunny day spent in DC. TFTC!
Answers in separate email.

We enjoyed our stay in DC and went to several museums. Favorite was again the air and space. This time I could show my kids how amazing the Apollo 11 capsule is. If you see its simplicity you will believe every conspiracy theory about not landing on the moon This is a top world heritage and worth a trip to Washington at its own. Glad that somebody related to this cash took care of it.
We recommend to have a coffee from the restaurant in the castle (one of the best in the mall) and enjoy the peace of this place.
TFTC, German Cachers in the US.

Thanks for the history tour. Really enjoyed doing this one and would have missed it if it wasn't for the gc.

Day five of the "Seemingly Everywhere!" road trip... And the rest of the day downtown. A quick find on the info, and then off to see more sights! Very interesting to bequeath this to a country he'd never visited. TFTC!

A quick and VERY interesting find!

This entry was edited by chrmdome on Sunday, 10 November 2013 at 04:48:38 UTC.

We were on our way from Florida up to NJ and we decided to stop and grab a few caches in DC. My friend JimmypickleJR came from NJ to DC to grab some caches with me. The Answers are on the way.
Thanks for the cache!!

We found this virtual geocache on a long day of geocaching. It was very interesting to learn the history of the Smithsonian Museum. Thanks and we will send the answers in soon.

Visited the DC area on Friday before moving on to Maryland to visit friends.
Just missed a tour of the castle by a few minutes. It was a great place to warm up a little before heading to the Air and Space Museum. An Email has been sent.
Thanks!

This was one of a multitude of interesting places I stopped at this morning.

I am logging this as my 900th find. I have sent an email to the CO several days ago. He can contact me if he did not receive it and I will send the answers again. It was a beautiful fall day when we visited DC. We enjoyed finding the answers, it was very interesting. TFTC!

Cool spot! TFTH

It's amazing that someone whose name is so prominent never saw the USA. Thanks Wombles.

My very first Washington, D.C. cache. We picked this one up after the National Walk for Autism Speaks. After having driven down from NY, I wanted to make sure I snagged at least 1 cache on my quick tour of D.C. Seeing how this one was so close to the event and didn't require additional downloads and passbooks, it was perfect! Thank so much for the history lesson!

Needed to fill a calendar day, so I reenabled all cache types on my phone, got off the train early on the Mall, and hopped over to the Castle as the post-Halloween rain poured down. The nice security guard jet me leave my soaked umbrella by his desk and pointed me to the Tomb, and moments later, I had the prized smilie. Thanks for the history lesson and a chance to pay my respects, and TFTC! Will email required answers when I get to work.

Today was day Fifty of our caching adventures through Canada and the United States. After leaving Pennsylvania yesterday, we made our way to Maryland. We enjoyed the day touring the museums and the breathtakingly beautiful buildings in Washington, D.C. We completed this cache after enjoying the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. Answers were emailed to the CO and a photo was attached to our log. TFTVC!

Found during our USA Holiday with fitzy_1965.

Enjoyed our day wandering around Washington DC. fitzy gathered the info for this one and sent it off to the CO. A very interesting Museum !

Thanks !

Greetings from Australia !

Finally catching up with my Logs !

7354 + 874 = 8228. Found with ACBC 66 during our USA Holiday Adventure !

Our second full day here in Washington DC and surrounds. We went straight to the Smithsonian’s we wanted to visit this morning, and found a number of bonus virtual caches ! Gathered the info for this one and sent to CO. Another iconic DC area to visit.

Thanks The Wombles !! A Favourite Point from Me !

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers from Australia !!

As an Englishman I had to find this one while here! TFTC.

Very cool for a 10 year old.

Another virtual visited while walking the Mall. Amazing to think he never visited.....

E-mail sent all the all clear received to log.

Thanks for showing us this one The Wombles.....

Sent answers.

Thanks for the trip to the castle. Answers will be emailed tonight or tomorrow.

#860

Gotcha! In town visiting and strolling around the mall area this afternoon enjoying the sites... TFTVC and the message will be off to the CO this evening...

Found it.

TFTC. My boyfriend and I had been here the last time we were in DC, but never on this side!

I've been very often in the Washinton Mall and visited some of the many Smithsonian Museum. But the first time I was able to visit the memorial stone of ***. Thanks for the quick response and the log permission to Dave.
Thank you for creating this cache and greetings from
Subtle_Charm

Found on day trip with the family

I never knew.

Hurray! I received the thumbs up to log a find from the CO. We had a wonderful week in Washington DC and the added adventure of geocaching just made our visit even more terrific. The incredible history of the United States can be found around every corner. TFTC!

I cool place for a rest on a hot day. Thanks!

The house is interesting, as well as the tomb.
Even if the vistor desk was closed, the security men helped...

Thanks for the discovery. Greetings from France.

#891

Wow! We are really enjoying the Smithsonian experience. Will send the answers. TFTC.

Heading to the East Coast and then north in our RV, grabbing assorted caches along the way. A special thanks to all the cache owners that make this hobby possible. Thanks for the fun, caches and hides. All logs marked with a circled "GB". Today was a special day we rode the Metro into DC and walked way to many miles in the processing of grabbing 20 Virtuals and 7 Earthcaches. If any answers are required they are or will be messaged to the appropriate CO.

Last day in town and just shy of 700 caches. Love the Smithsonian, and finally an excuse to visit the Castle! TFTC!

Day 19 of 31; after emailing answers to CO, am logging this find. A very lovely building indeed and some interesting history to boot. The gardens outside are well worth a visit. TFTC!

Found with Krinkles who graciously sent the email. Very cool cache never been here before. Enjoyed the "lego castle" and the beautiful garden

Nice and interesting virtual cache (our first ever) during our visit in Washington DC.

TFTC,
hi0815

Thanks for the nice and educational discovery! Greetings, Grizz

Great cache, I learned a lot from this quick cache. We have a lot to thank this English gentleman for many wonderful exhibits. TFTC. SHAD

Thanks for the history lesson while I was on a field trip with my students!!

There's a [url=http://coord.info/GC3BK4K]challenge cache[/url] in our home state of Arizona that requires you to have found at least ten caches in a single day, none of which are traditional. Since we were coming back to DC for the first time in a long time, we thought we'd follow the CO's suggestion and knock off a bunch of virtuals on the mall to meet the challenge. So we took the Orange Line to the nearby Metro station and have been working our way westward. Our goal was to finish up at the [url=http://coord.info/GC3270Y]World Wide Flash Mob[/url] event, and a dozen or so virtuals later, we succeeded.

We managed to guess who the Englishman might be before we arrived, but we were not aware of the fascinating facts we learned about him by doing this virtual. Thanks very much for bringing us here.

A group from the South Jersey Geocachers made our way to the beautiful city of Washington DC. This was one of our many stops on a gorgeous day. Thank you for bringing us here and for the history of this particular Englishman! Email sent.

nice cache, made me discover something i didn't know.
with Mexx6 and medicine man who have the pics

#85

Logged this one during our stay in DC. Very nice museums!
I sent you an email.

TFTC,

Mexx6

What a wonderful trip. A lot of history to take in.

Stopped by this virtual while caching in DC on President's Day, answers on the way. TFTC

Found with princess unicorn. Very interesting tour. TFTC!

This entry was edited by spampreen on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 at 13:17:15 UTC.

It´s been a couple of years since my last visit to the D.C. Area, but I knew which person was meant, the minute i read the listing. I spent a couple of days in the Smithsonian, because it´s so much to discover there.
Thanks to "The Wombles" for keeping this virtual cache up and running.

Email sent with the required information.

TFTC Rock-6

Found last week while on holiday in DC with the family. Emailed correct answers today. The geo-son and I picked up a couple of virtual types while waited for the others after we had been to the air and space museum. I had been here several years before the cache was placed and before geocaching was invented.
Thanks for the cache and quick reply.

Thank goodness for benefactors with deep pockets! I wonder if he thought his legacy would turn into this!

Grabbed this one first thing this am on our stroll around the mall geocaching and museuming.

This was the fifth of a few caches we acquired today. Email will be sent in due course

TFTC, TNLNSL.

On holidays from Australia and at present are staying around the Maryland area until we head off north to Niagara Fall and other areas up north. We managed to make a bit of time to visit a few caches today including some around Washington DC as we were heading the baseball game tonight. Great and moving places around the mall. Cache owners have been emailed. TFTC

Another little detail that's so easy to miss when one is caught up with visiting this museum and that museum. It was well worth taking a few minutes to deviate from our plan and visit the important detail this virtual cache represents. Thanks for bringing us here.

thanks a lot for this visitor center !!

This is the 4th day of my much anticipated trip to the 1st International EarthCache (Mega) Event in Maine. Twelve states, (6 new ones) plus DC over 13 days. I'm very happy to have started this adventure. My walk around the mall started out with me tripped on the angled curb by the cross walks. Got just a tiny raspberry on my left hand. Saw so much today and missed even more. Will have to come back to just visit the museums. Today started out with some rain which stopped after an hour. Then clouds until the early evening when the heavy rains started. TFTVC

Email coming

A long day of DC virtuals.

Found on our first day in washington DC. decided to visit the Smithsonian today as tomorrow being july 4 could be a bit hectic.

Answers sent to owner.

Thanks

Wandered through the castle and was loving the air con. very hot day.

Glad to have seen this, thankyou. I think this is one of those places cachers see but not many others.

TFTC email sent

hanjac from aussie

Popped in while our tour bus was waiting on the curb for more passengers. Email sent. tFTC!

I am enjoying a day of virtuals in DC with my son and his family. I will send answers this evening from a real computer. Gorgeous June day in the low 70's. Visiting from TN.

We spent a great day in our nation's capitol with Wizard Rick and Metcalfe118. Fortunately, they were familiar with the Metro and the area and made sure that we made it to all the sites. Visiting from California and crossing off items on our bucket list . Email sent for the group by Wizard Rick.

Visiting from the UK we took in all the Memorial Day weekend activities and took a minute or two to slip in and bag this one. TFTC

Thanks for the cache, this one, as well as a number of others in the area acted as prompts to explore the area! Emailed answers.

The team were starting to get weary after a long day walking.
While they had a seat, I went off to gather the required information.
I was soon joined by EB99 and EB Nano and quickly found what was needed.
What a remarkable man with great foresight and generosity.
I think he is where he should be

Found this while visiting several of the museums on the mall.

Thanks for bringing me to this place. This was great!

I had a great day at the sunny washington! awesome city! Thx

Awesome day to be in DC. Not too cold. We brought our grandson, via Metro, for a day at the Natural History Museum. He's still talking about it. Just before heading back to the Metro, we stepped into the Castle. Interesting slice of history here. There's just no way to anticipate what one finds upon entering and turning left. Nice job and Thanks. Answers coming.

Found this yesterday while taking in the sights in D.C. Answers have been sent as requested. Thanks for the fun!!

Grabed it during the sideseeing tour in DC at this rainy day... get wet till my bones. TFTC dunestar