{"id":8506,"date":"2022-10-09T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=8506"},"modified":"2024-01-16T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:31:23","slug":"washington-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=8506","title":{"rendered":"Washington Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1388.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1388-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1388-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1388-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1388.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A view from 550 feet, a 70 second elevator ride, a cloudless sky, a first experience for all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The view was amazing and even better than I expected.&nbsp;&nbsp;Seeing the city from that high up from all angles really gave me a better appreciation of the city and all that went into the planning and structure of it hundreds of years ago. While there were some nerves from Avery and Harper about the height, all of us loved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1401.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8508\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1401-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1401-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1401-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1401.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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