The Summer House District of Columbia, United States
By Roostermiesters on 04-Feb-03. Waypoint GCD03B

Found while walking around DC for the day - we covered 10 miles but grabbed a lot of caches. 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



Bright and early today we decided to head off and enjoy all that the Washington DC area has to offer. So we jumped on some bikes, and began our peddle around town. Capitol Hill was first up on our list for today, so we pulled up alongside GZ, and walked in to check out the answer. We quickly had the information needed, and soon headed off to get some photos around Capitol Hill [^]



TFTC Roostermiesters, our answers have been submitted



Gaz'n'Kab



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This was a sight I would not have seen or learnt about without geocaching, so thanks.

Found this cache while visiting the Capitol. Greetings from Germany and thanks for showing!

Tftc!

What a treat. Thanks for the virtual cash! I will email gate info when I get home.

Enjoyed all the Virtuals here in the Capitol , My Feet did not and still detest walking anymore !!Email on the way

Found it at 2021 hrs during a nice evening walk around the Capitol.

An odd little structure, in an odd place, but a real gem of a find.

Thanks for the fun!

Bluelamb03

This entry was edited by bluelamb03 on Saturday, 17 May 2014 at 01:19:33 UTC.

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. Nice place!

TFTC, Narga

Fun spot! I've seen it on past visits to DC. Nice to learn a little history. Super raining this morning. More like a summer swimming hole. TFTC!

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 3048 depuis notre début en fevrier 2013. Merci a Roostermiesters 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.

More water than expected. Imagine ghosts frequent.

No Problem
T4TC!

Found the beautiful cache while on Sr. Trip with students from Afton CSD, Afton NY. TFTF Thoroughly enjoying our time in Wasington.

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What a great spot to relax and rest on a walking exploration of the city

Hello from Western Australia.

Thanks for the cache [^]
[:o)]
This is my find number 2955

Very cool place (literally and figuratively) to visit. Enjoyed a respite there. I appreciated learning the history of this place too.

TFTC!

Visited DC on a hot and sunny afternoon and tried to clean up the city, by converting all the ghosts to smilies. Had a long walk around the mall and after 5h and several miles walk, I had visited 22 ghosts. All great places . TFTC
Answer has been sent to the owner...qui tacet consentit.

This entry was edited by c45 on Wednesday, 14 May 2014 at 20:28:43 UTC.

Thx for showing this nice place, especially on such a hot day like today.
TFTC
harrylime

A beautiful spot, right in the middle of the hubbub of tourists and lobbyists. Who knew?

Answer sent to the CO, qui tacet consentit. TFTC!

This entry was edited by Geneal on Friday, 16 May 2014 at 19:29:31 UTC.

Found with NinjaSockMonkey.

He will be emailing on my behalf.

TFTC

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

What a cool place. The flowers were beautiful!

Been enjoying all the caches in the area. They are taking us to places and showing us things we would probably miss. Thanks to all of you that have place and created the caches for us. Without you this fun past time of ours would go away. Greetings from California

Certainly one of the more underappreciated spots in D.C. Answers on the way soon. TFTC!

Great little spot next to the Capital. Answer has been emailed.

So many caches!

Found it during trip to DC. TFTC

Found during marvelous sunny day spent in DC. TFTC!

We did get to go in very cool place found it

Beautiful fall day in DC. Visiting from far away Baltimore keeping our daily streak alive. TFTC!

Very interesting side trip to find this virtual. Enjoyed our tour of the Capitol with all the other tourists and school kids. Very busy place. TFTC Greetings from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

This was a very cool little place and we wish we could have went in and enjoyed it. Where we were surprised they kept so close to the capital. Thanks and emails on its way

After a visit to the National Gallery of Art we decided to go look for this virtual. Got a closer look at the Capitol on the way. Cool virtual cache. Nice place to have a seat and rest awhile. TFTC

This was the last day of our US tour and we really enjoyed this day. There are so many places to see. We were very glad about the weather, so Capitol Hill weas even more impressive. Many thanks for this Virtual at this hidden place. Greeting from Germany

Glad I found this hideaway

Visiting from Western Australia and was out on a walk on my own. I stopped near here last year but was with a group of non-caching people so didn't quite make it to the house. TFTC!

Beautiful spot. Thank you, truly.

A delightful structure and gardens I had never noticed before

Today was day Fifty-One of our caching adventures through Canada and the United States. We enjoyed Day Two touring the fabulous buildings, monuments and sculptures in and around Washington, D.C. Answers were emailed to the CO and a photo was attached to our log. TFTVC!

Tftvc. Neat location on a caching visit from ND

Would have missed this if it wasn't for geocaching!

looks really neat, but gates were closed....it's after dark.

Cool place! Tftc!

Found during our USA Holiday with fitzy_1965.

Enjoyed our day wandering around Washington DC. A wonderful area to visit. fitzy gathered the info and sent it off to the CO.

Thanks !

Greetings from Australia !

Finally catching up with my Logs !

7357 + 874 = 8231. 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 ! Then headed over to look at the Capital Building – fantastic to see ! Another iconic DC area to visit. Gathered the info required for this one and sent to CO.

Thanks Roostermiesters !! A Favourite Point from Me !

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers from Australia !!

Gotcha! Fun grab while walking around DC on getaway day... Fun secret location I had never been to... Thank you for the introduction and history on the site! TFTVC, and the answer will be sent tonight...

Out in DC with my daughter, lilbru, for lunch and wanted get a cache for today After a DNF early, I went for this oen = what a neat place Lilbru, who works nearby, knew exactly what I was talking about and walked here directly. Nice and cool, with a view of the capitol from the right seats. Signed the virtual log (sent e-mail), TFTC

Wandered around the Capitol Building today and dropped by this house to check it out. Grabbed the required info and then sat in the cool for a while. E-mail sent.

Thanks for showing me this neat little spot......

This is an interesting spring house. TFTC

Sending email. Thanks for the virtual. Loved this spot. So peaceful.
Visiting Dc from the Poconos in Pennsylvania.
Yay! Team Hilltop! ♥

It was raining and the ceiling of the house is not prefect in this case !!!
Thanks for the discovery.

Greetings from France/
#898

Answer emailed to CO, TFTC !!

What an interesting and beautiful location. I had no idea this existed. Thanks for bringing me here. I'm happy to award a favorite. The answer will be sent soon. TFTC

Before this geocache, I never knew this neat place existed. My family took refuge here a bit ourselves.

TFTC

What an interesting place. Thanks for the virtual cache

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.

The second cache on our way to the Capitol. A good place to relax.
Thank you for leading us there.

TFTC,
hi0815

Thanks for showing us this remote corner of the Mall!
We enjoyed reading your description verymuch!
TFTC
Greetings from Ausria

Found it during the last days of our 2013 USA Tour, together with Geo_Okke and Geo_Thijs.
An e-mail with the requested information will follow.
TFTC and greetings from Belgium!

Found it together with ON9CC and Geo_Thijs.
TFTC and greetings from Belgium!

Found it together with ON9CC and Geo_Okke.
Answer was mailed by my dad, ON9CC.
TFTC and greetings from Belgium!

Great Location, find at our Washington sightseeing Tour

We hope it's alright if we send the email and the photos after our return to Germany.

Thanks for this Cache
and greetings from Germany
Susanne and Dirk

#677 I enjoyed reading the interesting history of The Summer House. I wish the "carillon" was successfully installed. It would have been a wonderful thing to see and listen to. Thanks for setting up this virtual cache.

Found it with my dad Topher_LV while in DC for a vacation. He sent the answer. tftc

11745 15:21:00 Started off the day grabbing an old Year 2000 cache in Virginia, followed by a little tourism in Washington DC (and some old virtuals), before driving up through Maryland and Delaware to New Jersey/New York borders. Picked up this cache on the way. TFTC
Answer sent.

Wow, this was unexpected! thanks for taking me there and a FP for the discovery!

Lovely place, we can sit here four day's
Greetings from the Netherlands.

Thank you for allowing us to discover this fascinating spot. We have always been fascinated by Olmstead's work.

So I was going into DC for the WWFM as well as the other event in town this morning and decided to spend the morning picking up the munzee virtuals for the double point weekend. So I got off the metro at the SW Capitol stop and did a circle around the Smithsonian end of the Mall and ended up at the Capitol Building to pick up the ones there. I swung by here to grab the info as I had missed it the last time I was down on this end of the capitol.

I had a great time and walked a crazy amount today.

Thanks for the fun virtual.

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. As soon as we got near gz, I told pygmy pop I want one of these in our back yard. What a cute and lovely spot! Water always draws me, and the azaleas were at peak bloom. Perfect! Fav Point!

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

In town for meetings and went for a walk after work.

TFTH!

Out for a walk from the White House to the Library of Congress after a tour through the White House. Answer sent to CO.

TheRambler

It was very chilly in the morning today. Dropped by before a business meeting to attend. Though the area was fenced, managed to count the number. TFTC!
Greetings from Japan.

This find makes our 200th benchmark. TFTC! Answer is on its way.

Greetings from Minneapolis. Email when I get back to hotel. Thanks for bringing me to this spot.

DearTW,
Went to the area and really enjoyed it... THANKS for bringing us here.
Washington DC is a Heaven full of Virtuals... (We tried to get close, but the area was blocked off and guards were standing there.. We could not go any closer)..[:0]
TFTC and we'll BCNU down the road...
Muffkin42 X 2 (Vinton, IA.)
Ron & Carol
...&...[8)]

beautiful garden ... but closed !!

thanks

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. This cache was very welcomed. My hands needed a wash and the water quenched my thirst. Today started out with some rain which stopped after an hour. Then clouds until the early evening when the heavy rains started. TFTVC

Walked right past before checking my cache lists, then returned to find it! Email being sent. TFTC.

Email coming

E-mail sent with required information. Been many years since I came to this part of DC. TFTC

Found with 24_fan. Thanks for the cache! 24_fan sent the answers for both of us to the cache owner.

I stopped by here with scouter649 while walking from the SCOTUS building back towards the mall. It was a pleasant place to stop and get a drink of water. Thanks!

A needed stop on this 100 degree day! Cool place. Thanks a lot for the history of this place! And thanks for the cache.

What a neat structure. It's especially nice to have the shade and the water on a hot summer day. TFTC.

Thank you for showing this nice place!

Kind regards,

Asousa40

Thanks for the cache, this one and a couple of others in the area acted a prompts to explore the Mall. Answers emailed already.

Have now arrived in New York and its time to keep our logs up to date
What a pretty place suited for reflection, a very still and quiet hidey hole
Thanks for bringing us here

The virtual cache was found on Sunday and the answer sent to the owner on the 9th.
A great place to take a rest and have a drink, thanks.

[blue]Day 29 of the Parrots Jimmy Buffett American road tour.[/blue]

Greetings from an Australian caching team on holidays in America

We have traveled from New Orleans via Key West to here and this has been a great place to spend the afternoon walking around.

We parked over at the L'Enfant Plaza it cost us $20 for the day and walked over to Capitol Hill via a visit to the space museum.

Then we got a taxi over to the Lincoln memorial and then walked back to the car.

This was one of many Virtual's along the way.

Found this one before I grabbed the taxi.

Will email info. Nice spot ! Too bad the new drinking fountains didn't work!

Still jet-lagged from the flight yesterday I found this nice place early in the morning. Thanks!

Arrived at the "house" at 1:25pm. During winter it seems it is locked, although the day was pleasant and it would have been nice to enjoy its quietude. Entrances were counted. TFTC

Like others have said, it is an amazing out of the way place. Great virtual. TFTC

Nice trip to DC, caching in and out of the sights. Visiting up from Chapel Hill, NC. Answer was provided by Flashjam in email. Great location, this was my second sweep of the virtuals I have missed on previous visits. Very very nice spot, but the water was off!

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

Jeanne and I stopped by here today as we explored more of the National Mall on foot. It was a tiring day but filled with interesting stops! Definitely a peaceful little spot. Answer emailed. Thanks for setting up this cache.

We only had today as free time to walk around and see the sites before having to be cooped up all day tomorrow in meetings. This would be a cool place to have a meeting.... Wonder if they would consider moving it here.... Emailed for verification.

Found this little gem early enough in our marathon DC day that we really did not need to use it's features, but we did sit and take 5. Olmsted was Central Park NYC architect, and this has his stamp on it.