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> It seems they are not giving FDR tours in depth like when it opened, so bring
> a CD player and get the CD. I haven't listed, but got it for a friend since
> I can
> still hear much of the tone in my brain from the first time I went.
I haven't heard the tour or anything to confirm that this is a good
thing to do, but at the *very* least you ought to visit this memorial.
It is extremely cool. I went when we were visiting my sister in 1998
(after Worldcon in Baltimore) with her ex-boyfriend, and it is really
neat at night. I went by myself in 1999 when I was visiting my sister
alone, and bought the book about it.
> And John and whoever else is in the DC area, please get your feet wet in the
> "last" room at a minimum. The park rangers now do not encourage it, but
> the monument was meant to be touched/felt and "experienced" especially
> this way since so much of FDR was associated with water. I asked the
> last time I was there and they admitted they frown, but wont cart you off,
> for foot dipping/rock climbing within reason- so I do it every chance I get
> just as my pathetic little bit of "civil needling". (The biggest worry they
> do note is the purification system not being able to stand up to the throng
> of summer visitors)
I haven't done the foot-wetting thing, I ought to put that on my list
next time I'm in DC, but you need to also run your hands on the stuff
set up for the blind. There's something nice about fully experiencing
the place with all senses (well, maybe not taste).
Did I mention I'm really big on water and on stone? Lots of both there.
Julia
might be going into babble mode
