Last time I went to Washington DC, there was a monsoon and the Archive Building and many others were under water. I was very excited to be able to see them. Ashli and I went to the Archive building first and it was amazing. I had no idea how many things are in that building. You can do geneology and look at records from our history. Our timing was great! There were not any crowds and we had no children so we were able to look at history for hours. When we went to see the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence the line was forever long. I don't know where all those people came from. Maybe that is why we had the place to ourselves. So we went and looked at more things and came back. The line was mostly gone. We walked up to the front and then the crowds came back. The line went on and on (behind us of course). The rotunda was dark and cool and there were special lights on the documents to protect them. I got goosebumps when I looked at those words inspired by God. I wish everyone in our country could really read and understand these words.
The top picture is outside the Smithsonian Castle. A very nice guy offered to take our picture and then we took his. The next picture is of the World War II memorial at sunset. If you look really hard you can see the Lincoln Memorial in the background. It was a perfect night. Clear sky and warm. We sat by the fountains until it was dark and then we were able to see the monuments by night which was so beautiful. ( Don't worry mom and dad, we were safe. We stayed with crowds and didn't go in any deserted places.)
The next day we went to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. It was facinating. However, due to obvious reasons we could not take any pictures. At one point we were standing over 500,000,000 dollars. WOW.
This is our attempt at a self-portrait
The top picture is outside the Smithsonian Castle. A very nice guy offered to take our picture and then we took his. The next picture is of the World War II memorial at sunset. If you look really hard you can see the Lincoln Memorial in the background. It was a perfect night. Clear sky and warm. We sat by the fountains until it was dark and then we were able to see the monuments by night which was so beautiful. ( Don't worry mom and dad, we were safe. We stayed with crowds and didn't go in any deserted places.) We spent the first day in the Archive building and the Museum of Natural History. The Natural History museum has a great gem exhibit. We spent a lot of time there and looked at all the sparkles. Why do girls love bling? We got a great little piece of advice in the ocean exhibit.
The next day we went to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. It was facinating. However, due to obvious reasons we could not take any pictures. At one point we were standing over 500,000,000 dollars. WOW.Then it was off to Mount Vernon. It was so beautiful. We wandered around the grounds and took tours and watched movies about George Washington. I learned to really appreciate him a lot more. We could have spent a lot more time there but we had to get home to get ready for our trip to New York
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