Washington D.C. Part 2

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to our nation’s capital.  What a diverse, active, and vibrant city.  So many people going about their daily lives.  Most all in support of our federal government in some fashion.  You have to wonder if it really takes this many people and support to help run the country.  In many cases, I have been a supporter of reducing the over grown federal government and the spending that goes along with it.  You have to ask what real value are most of these thousands of people adding to the security and economy of our country (I found the total number of federal employees at over 4 million including military).

Spending all of my career in a corp industry role where we had to constantly look at ways to improve productivity through efficiency of the processes whether they were a direct or support process.  Everyone had to add some value and we challenged these positions quite often.   It seems that most government continues to expand without challenging what we already have.  Perhaps we will see what a reduced federal budget will look like with Pres. Trump in office.

On to some more photos from our DC time from the Smithsonian American History Museum, the Capital, Library of Congress and Mt. Vernon:

Hope you enjoyed the tour with us.  I’ll finish up the DC trip in the next post.  We are currently staying at the Erie PA KOA kampground and will be touring the Erie Maritime Museum and Presque Isle during our 4 day stay.