Nick and I took a weekend trip to Washington DC, we went March 20-22. We figured it'd be cool enough still for it to be nice but also warm enough we wouldn't freeze and we were right. So when we arrived in DC we decided to check out the Smithsonian first. Of course you know that the Smithsonian consists of many museums and we didn't go to them all but we did check out the air and space museum and it was cool.
We also decided to check out the Capitol Building.
The next day we decided to try and hit up the other popular DC locations. First on our list was the Washington Monument. I love history and politics so this trip was right up my ally. It's so cool to see all of the nation's landmarks that are always on TV.
We decided that the next stop should be the Lincoln Memorial since of course we just had to walk the length of the reflecting pools. Before we got to the Lincoln Memorial we found the World War II Memorial which is in between the reflecting pools and the Washington Monument.
Even though there were so many people there it was such a peaceful place and everyone was so respectful. They had pillars for all the states as well as some of our allies. Above we took a picture with the NC pillar.
We then headed to the Lincoln Memorial to see President Lincoln himself. If you've never been you should go at least once in your life. It's so amazing, he's HUGE. His ears....gigantic!
It's so cool to stand at either end of the reflecting pool and look down to the other end. Below is a shot from the top of the stairs on the Lincoln Memorial down to the Washington Monument.
Of course, no trip to DC would be complete without going to the White House...so we did! I said hello to the president for you all. We were there the day after the First Lady started her organic garden. Thanks to terrorism you can't get any close than looking through the fence unless you go with a group and you get tickets way in advance from your congressman but I managed to get a good shot anyway.
What a lovely trip! We just like going on trips to relax and see new things and we might as well go see as much as we can while we're young because you never know what the future may hold. We're planning a trip to the Outer Banks in the next few weeks hopefully it won't take me almost 2 months to post the pictures. Things have just been crazy busy lately and I just have had the time (or patience) to blog. I'll try and do better in the future!
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