Our Nations Capital

Had the pleasure of spending 4 days in Washington DC with the girls while Sarah was at a conference.  Miles and miles of walking continuously led to another treasure.  Each day's Metro ride into the Mall revealed something new to see. 

Day 1:  Washington Monument, WWII Memorial, Reflection Pool (aka. Big Hole in Ground undergoing renovation), Lincoln Memorial, Holocaust Museum, Natural History Museum.

Day 2:  My niece and her family from Maryland came and spent the day with us.  We toured the Monuments, Air and Space, Natural History Again, and the White House.

Day 3:  Sarah played hookie from her meeting and we all went out to the Air and Space Hanger in Virginia.  So many cool planes:  SR71 Blackbird (the one that "transformed" into Jet Fire in this exact building in the Transformers movie), the Enola Gay, the Space Shuttle Enterprise (and not the one from Star Trek), the Concord, fighter planes from WWI, WWII, and everything more recent, acrobatic planes from the last 100 years of flight, and so much more.  This place really is a treasure trove of aeronatical history.  It is off the normal tourist map but a MUST SEE if you like airplanes!

Day 4:  Only had a half day to explore so we wrapped up the trip with Engraving and Printing Museum (now I know what $1 million looks like), Jefferson Memorial, American History Museum (Kermite the Frog was actually more gray than green....maybe he just faded with age).  Did you know that the Ruby Red Slippers from Wizard of Oz were supposed to be Silver in the original script?