Sunday evening we returned from a 12 day trip to the East to visit lots of family and see some sights. I am still sorting through the 400+ pictures from the trip as we recover from colds, get our house back in order, and adjust back to the Pacific Time Zone, I will start posting a little each day to try to get the trip covered over the next few days. In the meantime, THESE pictures will give you a little glimpse of all the fun we had.
We flew to Baltimore and got picked up by Jim's mom and sister and headed to Washington DC for a 2 night stay.I had never been to DC before, so was very excited to go. Just before the trip, Jim and I had also read "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown - which is based in Washington DC. (You better believed we pretended we were Robert Langdon, looking for hidden symbols and messages.) :)
We quickly realized that you can spend a week there and still not see all there is to see. We did get to go to:
- The Mall (the big park-like, grassy place you can walk around)
- The Jefferson Memorial
- The Lincoln Memorial
- The Washington Monument
- The White House
- The Capitol Building
- The National Archives
- Washington DC Temple
- Arlington National Cemetery
Bridger was most excited about riding the subway rails - aka "The Twains".
Kacy was a good sport, but was spent from all the sight seeing.
Hello Mr. President! This is about as close as you can get to the White House.
Jefferson Memorial:
Grandma and Audrey took the kids for an afternoon and Jim and I were able to tour the Capitol Building and see my cousin, Mark, who is doing an internship in DC. We loved seeing Mark, but it was definitely a too-brief visit before it was off to the next adventure! We got to have a personal tour of the Capitol Bldg by an intern working with Senator Wyden. It was cool to go in the underground tunnels, see the different rooms that leaders and representatives have met in throughout the years, look at the various statues, and we even got to sit in on the action happening in the House of Representatives and Senate. (Even though it was a lot of talking and not a lot of listening).
Another neat experience was visiting Jim's Grandpa, Alfonso Espinoza, buried in Arlington Cemetery.
It was so much fun to go to Washington DC! Next time we go, I want to take a history course beforehand to be even better prepared to see the place where so much happened.
For those of you who have been to DC, what was your favorite thing to do/see?
4 comments:
How fun! That's one place I want to visit some day. :)
SO FUN!! We have family in DC and have always wanted to visit and do a tour of all the historical sites! I am glad that yall had fun.
That sounds like a great trip. How fun that your whole family got to go.
DC is a blast! WE loved the Memorials, and went to Mt. Vernon to tour, which was my favorite thing. I am reading The Lost Symbol right now and am seriously sleep deprived from not putting it down until late in the night! It's a long one, and so intense! It looks like you had a great time. Love the pictures!
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