First Report Washington D.C. April 14, 2022 We flew from El Paso, Texas to Washington DC yesterday, April 13.  It was a long flight that had two stops, Austin, Texas and Colombia, Ohio.  We stayed on the plane in Columbus.  The hotel is Yours Truly and is very nice.  We were met at the airport by a Lincoln Continental with a driver who introduced himself as a Chauffeur.  He wore a black suit with a tie. There was a slight delay at the airport because the driver had received instructions to go to another pick up point, airline, at the airport.  We still drove from the airport to the hotel at 3PM after arriving at 2:30PM.   Two nice double beds and a nice view to the street at the hotel.  We did not have the energy to do anything much on the arrival evening.  We walked around the block (city blocks) and saw many young college students walking in the area.  The GeorgeTown University is next to us.  It was warm here today and yesterday.  82 degrees today.   Today, April 14, we took Lyft and drove to the United States Botanic Garden.  It was spectacular and we took many very nice pictures of the flowers and lay out of the garden.  Really, it was almost worth the trip just to see this very nice garden facility.  We also walked in front of the Capitol building in the area.  It was nice to see the Capitol building without rioters hanging off of and battling Capitol police. For months that has been the fare on TV.  The Lyft drivers have told us that the capital is somewhat quiet now because of the Easter holiday.  Not as many people in the area. We walked to the local Walmart to buy some items we forgot to bring.  It has been a long time since we traveled because of COVID restrictions.  Need to get back into the habit of traveling.  We walked a total of 6,350 steps today.  We start the formal tour tomorrow.