Friday 1 August 2014

A Day in DC

Hannah, Alex and I decided to make the trek to D.C. today to take advantage of the cool temperatures and our last unscheduled day before school begins.

We had no agenda.  The plan was to drop Scott off at the Capitol, park the car and start walking.  We ended up walking over six miles!  Here is a quick snapshot of our adventure:

FORD'S THEATRE

Ford's Theatre - My Abraham Lincoln fanatic was thrilled!
Checking out the museum brochure.
Lincoln's box seats at the theatre.
Ford's Theatre

Lincoln died in The Petersen House.

At The Petersen House.
The bedroom in which Lincoln died.

There have been over 15,000 books written about Abe.  Here are a few!

ENJOYING THE GARDENS AT THE NATIONAL MALL





THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

No line so we were able to see the Declaration.  Alex just watched National Treasure so he was pretty excited!

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

The Hope Diamond
OLLIE'S TROLLEYS
A famous D.C. hamburger joint


THE U.S. CAPITOL




THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS






 THE AIR & SPACE MUSEUM 



THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

We have a print of this painting hanging in our hallway at home.

 RANDOM THINGS WE SAW & LIKED



A D.C. Selfie!!

We feel like we got our money's worth - especially since we found out the parking garage, which is usually $22, only charges $13 for Hybrids on Friday.  Whoo Whoo!  Everything else was FREE - except for the hamburger at Ollie's Trolleys but it was worth every penny!!



1 comment:

  1. What a fun Day!!!! (Poor Tyler missed out but sure he is having fun too) I am personally impressed by the turtle!!! (:

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