Hi Kat, Thanks - July and August - are always very hot and humid. This year we have been having a drought on top of that. But the area is really beautiful. Trisha > Just went to the group and had a look. Wow...thanks for posting these, > Trish! > > You've reminded me of the Bicentennial celebration I went to in Alexandria > on > July Fourth in 1976. We were living in Reston at the time, and my dad's > boss's friend had a Bicentennial party in his office building from which > you > could see the Washington Monument and the fireworks. It was incredible. > The > only problem was, there were a lot of people and the air conditioning had > been > shut off. I ended up going up on the roof with my fiance to have a look, > but > I don't remember it being any cooler up there in the hot July night. > > Kat > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:53:41 -0400 Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Good Morning, > > > > I have placed the 9/11 pictures - from the > > ceremony here in Rosslyn on > > the CPAdults list on yahoo. There is shot > > towards Rosslyn from DC - with > > out building (RCA) in the background, there is > > a great picture facing DC > > from the conference room (9th floor) shows > > Potomac River, Georgetown and GU > > spires as well as the National Cathedral in the > > background. Just as the flag > > was released this car drove past as tho it > > where planned, the bell was rung > > 189 times - once for each of the Pentagons > > fallen. > > > > > > Trisha > >