D.C. Trip Summary

I know you are dying to see our photos from Washington, D.C. Eric has the camera at work, though. Sorry. But, I will give you a list of all the things I saw, partly because people keep asking me, and I keep saying, "Everything." Here you go:

Wednesday:

• Arrival in D.C. late at night. We saw the hotel.

Thursday:

• Supreme Court
• Capitol building (including a tour)
• Ulysses S. Grant monument
• United States Botanic Garden (Dear America, Very nice indeed, but you need to go to New Zealand and see some real botanic gardens.)
  
• National Air and Space Museum
• National Gallery of Art - West
• National Gallery of Art - East
• Washington Monument (not inside)
• National World War II Memorial
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Lincoln National Memorial
• Korean War Veterans Memorial
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Park
• Jefferson Memorial Park
• Dinner, back to hotel

Friday

• Drive to North Carolina to see Nate, Shalissa and the munchkins
• Stop at Pamplin Historical Park in Virginia

Saturday

• Beach
• Eric also went to a Civil War battlefield and very large military watercraft (I don't want to provide too many details about where we were in North Carolina since I intend to post pictures of my nieces and nephews.)
• Endless talking to Shalissa while the boys did their military activities.
• BYU football game. Unbearable.

Sunday

• Church
• Hang out at home with the folks.

Monday

• Drive back to D.C.
• Drive through Shenandoah National Park in Virginia
• Arrive in D.C. quite late

Tuesday

• Arlington Cemetery
• Across the Francis Scott Key Bridge to Georgetown
• Walk through Georgetown
• Washington Monument (inside this time)
• National Museum of Natural History
• Five Guys for dinner, hotel

Wednesday

• International Spy Museum
• Navy Memorial (where we ate lunch)
• National Archives
• Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (just the garden)
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Airport, home

The trip was awesome. We walked a ton. I love the Metro. A lot. Why doesn't every American city have a Metro system? It is genius. Why do people drive cars when they could ride the Metro?