Day 5
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 11:15PM 
Less walking but still a full day... ;)
We walked to the White House and took pictures through the fence at the south lawn. (Micah was rather put out that White House tours have been suspended since March...he settled for watching a film about the White House.)
We went to the top of the Old Post Office Tower. (Since the Washington Monument is closed, this was a way to get a bird's eye view...which worked pretty well but was quite windy.)
We did lunch then stood in our first line of our vacation at the National Archives. Though we stood in line to get in, the guard very adamantly kept instructing everyone in the Rotunda *not* to stand in line to see the Declaration or the Constitution...which struck me as both odd and inefficient. He wanted us all to randomly wander and just work our way to the front at each exhibit (which, technically, is still a line, lol). Anyhow.
Then we hit the National Gallery briefly because the boys just wanted to see The Thinker (from Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian), and were disappointed to find that it was only a scale model...not full size. ;)
Running out of steam, we walked toward the Capitol Building but didn't go past the reflecting pool, as it appeared to be roped off for some event and we were tired of walking, lol. The boys, of course, took the opportunity to toss pebbles in and I had Asher snap a picture of us.
After that, we headed back to the hotel, had dinner and learned how to play Settlers of Catan...which Micah won. ;)
Reader Comments (1)
We love Settlers! And this looks like a fun vacation :)