Monday morning (July 16) we got up and headed to take back our rental car in DC. It was a long stressful day. We barely made it back to return the car in time. We were supposed to go to tour Arlington Cemetery but we got lost to get over there so we didn't have enough time. The man told us to come back another day to do the tour. We walked to see the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Funny story: As we were walking over, Titus said, "I need to go tee tee." He started to pull down his pants, and we said noooooo. He said, "I can here on this grass!" Daddy picked him up, and they walked quickly to find a restroom!
If you have not visited Arlington National Cemetery, I recommend that you do.
I knew Tuesday was going to be a full day. It was our day to see the monuments and museums. We walked A LOT this day. And it was HOT.
We saw the Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Washington Monument, and World War II Memorial.
We stopped at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and had lunch there.
It was raining slightly after this as we were walking to the National Museum of Natural History.
I really would have liked to spend more time here. But we had an appointment to tour the Capitol at 2:15 so we had to get on our way. It was raining still and I was SO thankful when a $1 trolley came by called the
Circulator and took us part of the way to the Capitol. Then we still had quite a ways to walk when it dropped us off.
The tour was nice, and we all enjoyed it. Titus fell asleep during the tour. It started raining when we were in there. They suggested we use a tunnel to go to the Library of Congress. We were going to do that, but the tunnel was flooding! So we didn't get to do that. It was pouring, coming down in sheets, so we had to wait around a little while for the rain to slow down.
After this we got some supper and went back to our room. I took a bath and that helped me feel so much better.
Continued tomorrow for Part 3!
Have a day of blessings!
Bethany
1 comment:
Oh be still my heart, you are seeing things I have never seen but definitely want to. Arlington Cemetery and those monuments and memorials are things I hope to be able to see someday, not to mention the Smithsonian. What a great time for Caleb to see all of these special places. How awesome to tour the Capitol too!
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