Well after much thought and debate of how much school and work we could miss Cody and I decided to take a trip. Two weekends ago we packed up and headed for the country's capitol. We both had never been there before and figured it would be fun to try out.
We flew out there on Friday morning and stayed until Sunday night. We had a fun time full of adventures and exploring.
We arrived there late Friday afternoon and after checking into our hotel decided that we would take the time to see the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial and the White House. We didn't think it would take that long so we set off. We ended up walking totally the longest route ever to get the the Washington Monument and added like 15 minutes on to our time but got there. It was really neat to see. There were huge fields all around it and from that point of view you could see just about everything.
..Cody touching the Washington Monument..
.. Me holding the Washington monument, don't worry it was light!..
.. Washington Memorial from Jefferson Memorial..We then decided to walk to the Jefferson Memorial since it was the furthest out and then circle back to the Lincoln and the White House. So we started our journey. It was under construction on the outside, which we didn't know, that added time to our walk. It took about 30 minutes to get out to it but it was beautiful. It was open and airy and had all these amazing quotes from Jefferson.
.. Jefferson Memorial..
.. Cody at the Jefferson..
.. Me sitting in the Jefferson, reading all the quotes..
We then started our trek back to the Lincoln, we decided to use a pedometer and see how long it took, it was 1.2 miles. Wow. But we got lucky and on the way found the FDR monument and also the WW2 wall. It was really neat to see all the names of the people that had died for our country.
.. Cody and Ben Franklin..
.. Me and Ben Franklin..
.. FDR's Dog and Me..We then walked to the Lincoln, wow. We must have come on the week where all the local schools were taking their last trips of the year. There were about a million kids all dressed the same or wearing matching backpacks. And they were all in Junior High. Ha ha, so we climbed through the fields of students and stood under Lincoln for a few. Let me just say he is HUGE in that monument. I didn't even come up to his shoe.
.. Cody and I at the Lincoln Memorial with the Washington Monument behind..
.. Lincoln Memorial..
.. Cody and I at the Lincoln Memorial..
.. The Big Man himself..After we left there we walked up to the white house. It was pretty all lit up at night, but the secret service blocked us from getting close at all. I guess the president was in town and they close down the block next to it at nights. LAME.
The next day we decided we would spend at the National Mall. Of course we had to go to the National Air and Space Museum first ( to see the website and other cool stuff click on the link). Cody could barely contain himself. We spent a good 2-3 hours in there walking around and seeing all the planes and space stuff. Cody loved every minute of it and tried his hardest to explain stuff to me, yep I didn't understand a word but just smiled and nodded cause I knew he was having fun. We rode the flight simulators, I was the gunner and Cody of course was the pilot. We shot down 4 planes, I was impressed cause the guys before us didn't get any.. I must have good aim.
.. Cody and the Spirit of St. Louis..
.. Me and a Jet..
.. Cody at the FBI building..
.. Capitol from the National Mall..
.. Me at the Department of Justice..
.. Cody and I with the Capitol..After the Air museum we decided to hit up the National Gallery of Art. I was pretty excited, but quickly disappointed to find out they had a TINY photography section, so we cruised through the painting section too and saw some Degas and some Monet. Beautiful I must say. After this we decided to hit up some lunch. We ran to Hard Rock, which is a tradition of ours. We always go to a hard rock when we are in a new place and get a pin. We have started a collection of sorts. After lunch we were right next door to Fords theater, so we stopped by and took a peek. Pretty cool.
.. Me at the National Gallery of Art..We then continued on to the Museum of Natural History, ( to see the website and other cool stuff click on the link) where Night at the Museum 2 was filmed. We spent the whole afternoon in there. It was probably my favorite. We saw ocean stuff, dinosaurs, cavemen, geology and insects. We witnessed a giant squid, it was 136 ft long. GROSS. And a blue whale and some dinosaurs of course. We saw the hope diamond and a few other large gems. It was so much fun. After that we called it a day and walked back to our hotel to plan for dinner. We watched some of the Celtics game and decided on Capitol City Brewery (to check out their food, click on the link). It was fab!! I swear, the breweries I have eaten at have the BEST food. After we ate a bunch we headed back to the hotel and watched Role Models. It was pretty funny.
.. Me getting eaten by a Giant Great White Shark, thank heavens they are extinct..
.. Cody and an Elephant Leg, watch out!..
.. Me and the Elephant Leg, yep I am about the same height..
.. the Hope Diamond..
The next morning we decided to attempt going to the White House again, we were successful this time and even got to talk to some Secret Service agents. It was pretty neat, although I am surprised Cody didn't get questioned for all the questions he was asking. After this we went to Chinatown to get in some shopping and of course lunch. We ate at Potbelly's sandwich works (click to see their website), which if you are ever out there we HIGHLY recommend. It was SO good. We finished up by walking back and packing and then off to the airport. It was a great trip and we had a blast! We are already planning a return visit in August.
.. The White House..
.. Cody and I at the White House..