Our Trip: Part DC

I must catch up...

Here is the last half of our trip that we spent in Washington, DC. Very enjoyable...

Day 1: We visited selected monuments and museums. It was a beautiful day! We wore ourselves out with all the walking and when we got to where we could "see" the White House (translate: make out that there was a building behind the trees) we pulled out the bubbles. The kids had a great time!
(Pictures 1-3: Hirschorn Sculpture Gardens; 4: The carousel; 5-6: Washington Monument and the Capitol; 7-8: Blowing bubbles)

Day 2: We visited Mount Vernon. We had only planned to stay 2 or 3 hours, but we loved it and extended our time there. In the 3rd picture, it is hard to see, but the home was built with wood and then covered with a sandy plaster to look like stone. In the 5th picture, the kids got to dress up like little Revolutionary era kids. The kids area of the museum was a lot of fun.

Day 3: Linda (our aunt/hostess) drove us around to some more monuments - WWII, FDR and Thomas Jefferson. I think that the FDR monument was our favorite. She then dropped Mike and I off at the restaurant Mike's cousin manages (yummy Latin food in Washington Harbor) after which we (Mike and I) went to the Holocaust Museum. Later in the evening we all went to see fireworks and do sparklers.
(Pictures 1-3: WWII monument; 4: A small snippet of the FDR monument; 5-7: Our children playing with fire)

Day 4: We attended church in the morning and then went to the Visitor's Center at the Washington DC temple. We drove to Pittsburgh that night and finished the journey home the next day.
(Picture 1: With our aunt/uncle/cousins who we had so much fun staying with; 2-3: At the visitor's center)

And thus ends a busy, happy vacation that we'd love to do again!