Oh man, where is steve and paul, you started it NC....Hey I remember walking through the streets of DC back in 69, from out by the Air Force Base....Not much knowledge and too young to realize the danger. Good thing for a kind black couple that asked why we were walking the neighborhood so late at night. We told them that we were just poor servicemen that couldnt afford a taxi, and saw the lit capitol dome and thought it would be a great night to take a walk. Good folks everywhere, they gave us a ride into town from Suitland Parkway. Pays to trust your fellow man, God bless the honest folks of our nation. They recognized that we could have been a target (my buddy and myself) and did the right thing to show what we Americans are all about. I have always enjoyed my jaunts into the Beltway area....But hey back then the ghetto surrounded the city. Its better now, but kind of sad in those days.