Marine One in rare special landing on the Ellipse as White House landing zone unavailable.
Marine One and a second aircraft landed on the White House Ellipse today rather than the South Lawn given some new construction on the grounds and a Easter Celebration setup that would have been blown over by the helicopters. Marine One and a backup / decoy set down on the Elliipse, and I was able to film them going by the Lincoln Memorial before catching their takeoff past the Washington Monument.
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PenguinSix is an apolitical guy in a political town who likes to walk a lot. He has hiked over 17,000 miles (27,000kms) in the past six years and is still walking today. He is an American expat who spent the last decade in Hong Kong with his family and is now back in Washington DC, continuing his daily ritual of taking very long hikes around the city catching the sights and sounds of the city while live streaming to share with others. History, culture, life as an expat (with reverse culture shock), and the pitiful Chinese food in Washington DC are regular topics of discussion. Feel free to follow him on other social media accounts such as:
It's Star Wars day in Hong Kong as Rogue One opens across the city. I managed to sneak in to an early showing with a bunch of other Star Wars fanatics.
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Went out for a ride to the Capitol and caught a few sights on the way, including the Vice President on her morning commute to the office, 100s of thousands of flags being placed on the National Mall for Covid and a fire in a building formerly used by the Department of Homeland Security and now being renovated for use by the Washington Metro transit coroporation.
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PenguinSix is an apolitical guy in a political town who likes to walk a lot. He has hiked over 17,000 miles (27,000kms) in the past six years and is still walking today. He is an American expat who spent the last decade in Hong Kong with his family and is now back in Washington DC, continuing his daily ritual of taking very long hikes around the city catching the sights and sounds of the city while live streaming to share with others. History, culture, life as an expat (with reverse culture shock), and the pitiful Chinese food in Washington DC are regular topics of discussion. Feel free to follow him on other social media accounts such as:
Camera 1: DJI Osmo Pocket 2 — https://amzn.to/3bvGEPn
Camera 2: iPhone 12 Pro -- https://amzn.to/3rnxSrt
Camera 3: Canon 70D -- https://amzn.to/39f0vAB
Shoes: ASCIS Gel Kayano 27
Tracker: Fitbit Charge 4
Winter Jacket: Rothco US Army M-65 Field Jacket. https://amzn.to/2PAxOHC
Miles I walk per day:
Stay at home day: 3-4 miles
Normal day: 4-7 miles
Good hike day: 7-10 miles
Best day: 25 miles
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Just a few random bits and bobs from the last two days in Washington DC where we saw Joe Biden travel to Howard University for an issues forum and Senator Cruz joined the Trucker's Convoy as they moved around Washington D.C. We also saw the new White House Christmas Ornament for 2022.
White House Christmas Ornament: https://amzn.to/3vRMHIC
History of the Secret Service: https://shop.whitehousehistory.org/collections/journals/products/protecting-the-president-the-history-of-the-white-house-secret-service-white-house-history-quarterly-57
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I actually started the day downtown with a missing man flyover of Arlington Cemetery for an American hero, Brig. General Jon Reynolds, USAF, who was shot down over Vietnam and spent 7 years in the Hanoi Hilton amongst other places. But when I went back up by the British Embassy to get some lunch, the hints were coming in that something big was about to happen, so I stuck around and got inside the Embassy as part of the press pool and made by way around for Joe Biden's arrival to sign the condolence book. Quite a busy day.
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#queenelizabeth #biden #queen
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PenguinSix is an apolitical guy in a political town who likes to walk a lot. He has hiked over 17,000 miles (27,000kms) in the past six years and is still walking today. He is an American expat who spent the last decade in Hong Kong with his family and is now back in Washington DC, continuing his daily ritual of taking very long hikes around the city catching the sights and sounds of the city while live streaming to share with others. History, culture, life as an expat (with reverse culture shock), and the pitiful Chinese food in Washington DC are regular topics of discussion. Feel free to follow him on other social media accounts such as:
Camera 1: DJI Osmo Pocket 2 — https://amzn.to/3bvGEPn
Camera 2: iPhone 13 Pro -- https://amzn.to/3rnxSrt
Camera 3: Canon 70D -- https://amzn.to/39f0vAB
Camera 4: Sony A7IV -- https://amzn.to/3t4xPov
Big Lens: Sony 100-400mm — https://amzn.to/34GCDqM
Portable Lens: Apexel 36x iPhone Telephoto Lens - https://amzn.to/3CzIKte
Shoes: ASCIS Gel Kayano 27
Tracker: Fitbit Charge 4
Winter Jacket: Rothco US Army M-65 Field Jacket. https://amzn.to/2PAxOHC
Miles I walk per day:
Stay at home day: 3-4 miles
Normal day: 4-7 miles
Good hike day: 7-10 miles
Best day: 25 miles
http://www.penguinsix.com/
Twitter @penguinsix https://twitter.com/PenguinSix
Happs @penguinsix http://happs.tv/invite/@Penguinsix
Instagram @penguinsix https://www.instagram.com/penguinsix/
Facebook - PenguinSix https://www.facebook.com/penguinsix
Twitch - @ThePenguinsix https://www.twitch.tv/thepenguinsix
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I figure after a couple videos in the last day at GWU you might want to go for a ride around the city, so we head over to the White House before a swing to the Lincoln Memorial on a beautiful day in Washington. Basically, avoiding all the noise and just taking in the sun kind of day...
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PenguinSix is an apolitical guy in a political town who likes to walk a lot. He has hiked over 17,000 miles (27,000kms) in the past six years and is still walking today. He is an American expat who spent the last decade in Hong Kong with his family and is now back in Washington DC, continuing his daily ritual of taking very long hikes around the city catching the sights and sounds of the city while live streaming to share with others. History, culture, life as an expat (with reverse culture shock), and the pitiful Chinese food in Washington DC are regular topics of discussion. Feel free to follow him on other social media accounts such as:
2024 Camera Gear
Camera 1: DJI Osmo Pocket 3 — https://amzn.to/45XAlwS (used when walking and biking)
Camera 2: iPhone 14 Pro (used when stopping quickly and filming something)
iPhone SSD Drive: https://amzn.to/3FDu8eP
Camera 3: Sony A7IV -- https://amzn.to/3t4xPov. (used for long-distance shots and still photography)
Big Lens: Sony 100-400mm — https://amzn.to/34GCDqM
Camera 4: iPhone 14 Pro (backup camera)
Camera 5 360 Camera: Insta360x3 -- https://amzn.to/3UOUpwb. (360 VR camera)
Shoes: ASCIS Gel Kayano 29
https://www.asics.com/us/en-us/gel-kayano-29/p/ANA_1011B440-021.html
Tracker: Fitbit Charge 4
Winter Jackets:
Rothco US Army M-65 Field Jacket. https://amzn.to/2PAxOHC
Barbour Sapper Jacket: https://amzn.to/3UyqLeX
Miles I walk per day:
Stay at home day: 3-4 miles
Normal day: 4-7 miles
Good hike day: 7-10 miles
Best day: 25 miles
http://www.penguinsix.com/
Twitter @penguinsix https://twitter.com/PenguinSix
Instagram @penguinsix https://www.instagram.com/penguinsix/
Facebook - PenguinSix https://www.facebook.com/penguinsix
Twitch - @ThePenguinsix https://www.twitch.tv/thepenguinsix
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Pretty weird day. Started with donkeys and camels and goats at the Supreme Court, then it was over to cover the Squad talking about Gaza, then off to the National Menorah Lighting looking for protesters (there were none).
How was your Thursday?
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PenguinSix is an apolitical guy in a political town who likes to walk a lot. He has hiked over 17,000 miles (27,000kms) in the past six years and is still walking today. He is an American expat who spent the last decade in Hong Kong with his family and is now back in Washington DC, continuing his daily ritual of taking very long hikes around the city catching the sights and sounds of the city while live streaming to share with others. History, culture, life as an expat (with reverse culture shock), and the pitiful Chinese food in Washington DC are regular topics of discussion. Feel free to follow him on other social media accounts such as:
2023 Camera Gear
Camera 1: DJI Osmo Pocket 3 — https://amzn.to/45XAlwS (used when walking and biking)
Camera 2: iPhone 14 Pro (used when stopping quickly and filming something)
iPhone SSD Drive: https://amzn.to/3FDu8eP
Camera 3: Sony A7IV -- https://amzn.to/3t4xPov. (used for long-distance shots and still photography)
Big Lens: Sony 100-400mm — https://amzn.to/34GCDqM
Camera 4: iPhone 14 Pro (backup camera)
Camera 5 360 Camera: Insta360x3 -- https://amzn.to/3UOUpwb. (360 VR camera)
Shoes: ASCIS Gel Kayano 29
https://www.asics.com/us/en-us/gel-kayano-29/p/ANA_1011B440-021.html
Tracker: Fitbit Charge 4
Winter Jacket:
Rothco US Army M-65 Field Jacket. https://amzn.to/2PAxOHC
Barbour Sapper: https://amzn.to/3UyqLeX
Miles I walk per day:
Stay at home day: 3-4 miles
Normal day: 4-7 miles
Good hike day: 7-10 miles
Best day: 25 miles
http://www.penguinsix.com/
Twitter @penguinsix https://twitter.com/PenguinSix
Instagram @penguinsix https://www.instagram.com/penguinsix/
Facebook - PenguinSix https://www.facebook.com/penguinsix
Twitch - @ThePenguinsix https://www.twitch.tv/thepenguinsix
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