Day 3
Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 10:28PM 
(So, apparently from my phone it's just going to add all the pictures at the start regardless...)
What does it say when a day with only four hours of driving seems like a piece of cake? ;)
After braving the winding roads and rainy conditions the night before, we got a slightly later start to our day and made it to the Stephen F Udvar-Hazy Center (the National Air & Space Museum's overflow) just outside of DC just before 3. (Having driven in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia...)
We spent the next 2.5 hours thoroughly enjoying the museum...with Micah practically bouncing off the walls in his running around taking pictures of almost every...single...thing. I kid you not. The boy was on a mission. He was crazy. His enthusiasm made up for all the great many steps I took following him around. (We split up and I wound up on Micah duty, lol.) Fortunately, everyone else enjoyed their time, too, though they didn't see everything like Micah and me. ;)
I don't recommend taking things at Micah's pace, lol, but the museum itself was truly amazing and stupendously big. The space shuttle and the actual Enola Gay were awesome, but they weren't even the boys' favorites. Cool stuff.
Incidentally, let me take a moment to say how very blessed I feel to be taking this trip right now. The boys are in what I think of as a sweet spot...old enough to not need stuff like strollers and nap times and such...old enough to be excited and to remember this...old enough to read signs and plaques for themselves...not so old that they yet refuse to be seen with us...not so old that they don't still enjoy each other and delight in this adventure. Happy sigh. ;)
And, if you can think of a better name for this trip, I'd love to hear it!!
Reader Comments (1)
We did this trip last year for Spring Break. Our kids were 16, 13 and 10, perfect ages to really "get" what we were doing. We all rate the DC experience as one of the best trips ever. I'm not sure who had more fun--the kids or us, watching them enjoy themselves so much. We also started our trip at the Air Museum--wow! From there, we spent a day at Mt. Vernon and the Manassas Battlefield before heading into DC. Hope you get to experience those, as well, as they were quite interesting. Our kids are also used to the long trips (my daughter says that anything less than 5 hours isn't worth it) . Might be tough initially, but its so worth having your own van/car. ENJOY!