So our last trip of the summer was to Washington DC, we saw family, more family, and old roommates (yes there were lots of reasons to go besides that we just wanted to see DC). We stayed with my Aunt, toured with Brad's family and I extended my stay to chill with my roommate Camille. DC was almost the complete opposite feel from our west coast adventure, defiantly a more conservative feel. We rented bikes the first day to see all the monuments at the Mall the first day (good idea because it was super hot and humid that day, riding the bikes helped give us a breeze). We also spent time in some Smithsonian museums, the White House, the Capital, Mt. Vernon, and the Pentagon. Brad always loves museums, but he was even more excited because he just finished reading 1776 and was all into learning all he could about George Washington now. I loved the patriotic feel that you get just from being in the city, it is just in the air there. And we will definitely have to go back some day because there is so much to see that you can't do it all in just 3 days.
Here we are ready to go on our bikes
We found Colorado at the WWII memorial
Classic tracing the name at the Vietnam memorial
Standing in front of the wall of names
Pointing to the tip of the Washington memorial (really it is much bigger than it seems here)
One picture, Two Abes
Brad is reading outside the library of Congress
There was also lots of security checks to go through all day long
Here I am outside our nations capitol (congress was out of session so there was like no one there)
Wow we found Brigham Young at the Capitol
Also found Lady Liberty (who is much taller)
We tried to find Pres Obama, but he wasn't home
Brad found lots that peaked his interest in the American History Library
Brad is ready to fight with the troops
We also spent some time with our childhood friend Kermit
Brad with the eternal flame that is still on in the rain (it may not look like it but it was raining) that is lit over JFKs grave
We also went to Washington's home (he was also not there)
But a statue of him was
Iwo Jima was much bigger than I thought it would be
The FDR memorial was full of water fountains and statues depicting quotes from his life
Thanks for following us around DC and actually making it through all those pictures.
7 comments:
It was 4 years ago TODAY that Ben and I went there and got engaged! Every thought about DC makes me happy. I'm glad you had so much fun, and I want to go back someday!
So fun!! I love DC, there is so much to do. Glad you had fun!
Looks like an awsome trip (all of them). DC is definatly on my list of places I must go. Did you visit camille our old roommate? I really like your haircut!!
What a fun trip! And cute hair! Let us know if you're ever that close to us again, and we will try to drive up and meet you. I mean, you were only 4 hours away!
Us too!!! We were so close. I hope it was so fun.
SO JEALOUS! It looks like you had an AWESOME time there. That should make our list of annual roberts/mcomber trips someday. I SO want to go there! And your hair is so adorable, love it, its making me want to cute my hair again! Glad you had a great time, and I enjoyed all the pics.
awsome.
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