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Sunday, Sept 21 continued… we headed west along The National Mall, taking in the buildings on both sides of us. On the south side, next to the Arts & Industries Museum, was the Smithsonian Castle. It was also closed for … Continue reading →

continued… The next exhibit was on terrorism, with signs commemorating terrorist attacks around the world in the 20th century and many signs about terrorist attacks that were stopped by the intelligence agencies. This exhibit was disturbing and not something to … Continue reading →

continued… In 1945, WWII ended and then-President Truman dissolved the OSS. But with the Cold War brewing, people convinced Truman they needed to peacetime intelligence agency to prevent another Pearl Harbor from happening. To try to garner public support, they … Continue reading →

continued… We can’t remember what the purpose of this machine was… since it was in the exfiltration section, we think it may have been a machine used to help train spies on escaping capture. There was a small theater playing … Continue reading →

continued… There was a room on cryptography. Since Eric was a cryptographer, he was especially interested in this one. There was a display about various encryption tools that date back thousands of years — and were commonly used until relatively … Continue reading →

Sunday, Sept 21 — We’d asked several friends which DC museums they liked best. Everyone who had been to the Spy Museum said it was their favorite. So that was the first museum on the DC itinerary. Conveniently for us, … Continue reading →

Saturday, Sept 20 — We didn’t have to do as many miles today as we did the previous two days, but still wanted to leave early since the current would worsen as the day progressed. It was an overcast morning … Continue reading →

Friday, Sep. 19 — We again wanted to get an early start on our passage, so we got up at 0530. Much to our dismay, the mid-stateroom toilet was broken. Unfortunately, there was no time to worry about it this … Continue reading →

Thursday, September 18, 2025 — Eric has been worried about the transit that we we’re about to make to DC. One of his concerns was speed: we were going to be going upriver against the current. To help maximize speed, … Continue reading →

Sunrise on Sunday, September 14 Sunday through Tuesday were quiet days overall. We’d intended to make a three-day trip to Washington DC on Monday, so we spent Sunday getting Kosmos ready for sea. We also went to Safeway to stock … Continue reading →