June
The start of June - a year since we arrived and the downhill slide to leaving - saw graduation signs popping up in front yards, be it from elementary school, high school or college (I couldn't find one from a middle school in my travels). The signs were put out by volunteers and mark where each graduate from the respective school lives. 5th grade graduate, elementary school. 12th grade graduate, high school. College graduate. Russ and I made the most of his spare time to enjoy some scenic walks around where we live, including a nice walk around Theodore Roosevelt Island https://www.nps.gov/this/index.htm . Beautiful park. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Little duck family. We also saw a turtle, but it was camera shy. Throughout the year many of the services and departments represented at the National War College hosted tours of their facilities and assets to better understand how and what each service and/or department does and how they do it. On Wednesday, 4 June the Unit...