Rolling Thunder parade

Final pictures before the trip home.


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Location:Washington DC

FinaL Rolling Thunder Pictures

This Memorial Week-end 500,000 people on 350,000 motorcycles came into Washington DC to honor those who have served and to never forget the MIA's and POW's that are still waiting to come home.  150,000 bikes participated in the parade from the Pentagon to the White House creating a true ROLLING THUNDER!

Here are a few of the pictures from Sunday's event.  I will post a few more photos that are on my IPAD in a second post.

A Marine's Special Salute

Yesterday, Ken, Lisa and George met Tim Meadows who is an active Marine that takes vacation to stand at attention in his dress blues saluting all the bikers riding in the Rolling Thunder parade.  The parade can take up to 6 hours.  Today, parade day, it was 90 degrees and humid in DC. 

Here is Tim today honoring all those who have served.

Photo by Lisa Emmi

Who braved crossing Constitution Ave during the Rolling Thunder Parade to make sure we had a worthy picture of this special Marine.

Oops 3

Mickey the Tour Guide is actually Mikey, aka The Deuce, aka Chuck Jr the Tour Guide, aka Mikey doesn't give a shit aka I had a ball with two old broads!

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Mickey the Tour Guide

Emily, Carol and our tour guide nephew Mickey took off a fabulous afternoon of adventure. We started at the Fish market..........OMG!




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We continued our stroll to the Tidal Basin for a great view of the Jefferson Monument.








Then off we go to find the American History Museum at the Smithsonian.




To find Julia Child's kitchen.




The original muppets plus all the First Lady inaugural ball dresses, Fonzi's jacket, Archie Bunker's chair, ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz, plus a lot of other stuff where I was too tired to take pictures.

The best exhibits were the American Flag over Ft. McHenry which inspired The Star Bangled Banner.

Second, a fabulous retrospective of Abe Lincoln showing what an extraordinary man and leader he was.

By the time we got done we were so tired we ended up cabbing it back to the hotel.

Road trip to Ft Washington Harley Davidson

Lisa, George and Ken hopped on the bikes to cruise around DC and and see what was happening at the big HD dealership.


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Meet Tim Meadows, he is the Marine who has for the last 6 years, stood at attention, saluting the riders during the entire 6 hour Rolling Thunder Parade in Dress Blues. He is an active Marine who takes leave to perform what he considers an honor.

Curbside Cupcake

As we left Eastern Market, how could we pass up a stop at the Curbside Cupcake Truck for a bit of the sweet.




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