I learned a lot on this trip. I can't bring myself to call it a vacation. What with the two VBS and all the sight seeing, I
need a vacation now. I slept in until after 8:00 this morning. That didn't happen the whole trip!
More Lessons Learned
Important lesson number one:
Any more than 6 outfits (6 bottoms/6 tops) is superfluous. Not necessary. You can come up with endless outfit combinations. If we can survive with only 6 on vacation, why not just 6 for life? (can you tell I am in my post vacation purge mode?)
Important lesson number two:
Field trips with kids are a whole different ball game than field trips with just 2 adults. Kids need breaks. Kids need rest days. It is not profitable to cram your days full from top to bottom.
Washington DC
Have I mentioned how excited I was to tour our nation's capitol? Maybe it goes without saying.
I have been to London-twice. I have been to Ottawa. I have been to Amsterdam. I had not been to DC. But now I have.
The best part for me in any big city is seeing the sights. I love to walk or bike around a city, just soaking up the atmosphere, architecture, and history.
I would recommend visiting the Air and Space Museum. There is a lot to do and see. Lots of technical stuff and history. Having been to the Henry Ford, and the Flight Museum on Love Field in Dallas, I have to say that this blows both of these out of the water.
We dipped in at the Archives. We will definitely go back there when the kids are a bit older and can appreciate it.
The Natural History Museum was a bust. I am not a fan of ANY natural history museums that I have visited. I hate being inundated with evolutionary propaganda. It irritates me. I did enjoy seeing the Hope Diamond, as well as the Deep Oceans Exploration movie.
Here is a whole lot of pics. Rest assured-I left a whole lot more out. (Like 24 out of 108)
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| National Archives |
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| Elephant at the Natural History Museum...Henry??? |
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| Smithsonian Castle-who knew? |
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| Yay for women! WWII monument |
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| I tear up at monuments |
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| Meres dipping her toes at the WWII monument fountain |
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| and the rest of the gang |
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| awesome structure-closed for earthquake repairs |
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| each star=1,000 lost American lives. |
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| what else can be said-except "thank you!" |
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| Lincoln Memorial |
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| Lincoln |
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| Washington Monument and Capitol Building |
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| White House |
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| Soaked because we got rained on as we headed towards our car. |
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| Majestic |
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| Back side |
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| hot and bothered on the steps of the Capitol |
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| Navy Memorial-good old MI |
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| Jefferson Monument |
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| Sunset View from Jefferson |
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| me and the offspring |
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| Meres tuckered on the ride home yesterday. |
And, I can't wait to go back! What is your favorite part of DC? Is there anything you'd recommend that we didn't take in?
