The morning subway ride.
We started the day walking through the Smithsonian Sculpture Garden. This is a fountain in the middle of it. The kids can't resist water. The shoes are off in no time flat, they dunk their heads and then security's feathers get ruffled. Sorry, it's just who we are.
There were a few key items we wanted to see before spending most of the day at the Air and Space Museum so on the way we stopped at Natural History and saw the Hope Diamond. 45 carats of flawless blue beauty. Then on to American History.
They had a podium in front of a screen, with teleprompters for you to read, just like you were giving your Presidential inaguration speech. Here's David feeling like the president.
Next we had to see Dorothy's ruby slippers. We also saw Oscar the grouch, Muhamed Ali's gloves and Julia Child's kitchen.
There was a section on inventions and David tried out the windsurfer. It is harder than it looks.
Finally, lunch at the most efficient McDonalds in the world, and on to the Air and Space Museum. This is one of the Apollo lunar landers. The program was scrapped before this one was able to be used. Because they don't have to worry about air friction or aerodynamics, this looks a little elementary-school-science-projectish. Kinda funny for something that probably cost a kajillion dollars to build.
Here we are! Can you tell who is who? We were all standing in front of a heat sensor camera and it projected the image on a screen. There are some extra people standing around, but Nelson is the 2nd one on the left, I'm next to him with the cold nose (air-conditioning), then a stranger, then Michael. Katie is in front of Nelson, then David in front of her with cold ears and then Caroline to the right. How cool is that?!
There was a giant room filled with science experiments having to do with flight. We spent some time in here, it was really fun.
At this point, we split up because we (Caroline) had to see the giant pandas at the National Zoo. The boys stayed behind to spend more time in the Air and Space Museum and then they went back to the Natural History Museum to see a giant squid, skeletons, stuffed animals and walked through an exhibit filled with live butterflies. I am sorry I missed the butterflies but the zoo was great.
Here is 4 year old Tai, the giant panda.
Katie loves meerkats and she got to get up close and personal. He was really cute and would just stare you in the face.
Little did we realize all of these animals would just stare you in the face. Here are the girls up next to a great ape. It was so cool. He just sat there, looking around, not bothered that you were so close (ok, it was us that weren't bothered, but there was glass between us).
This guy was the funniest! This orangutan had the funniest facial expressions. He leaned his forehead against the glass and looked all around. He was checking out Caroline. We saw many other fun and interesting animals. Sorry Hogle Zoo, but you have been put to shame, this zoo rocks.
The escalator down into the subway at the zoo stop is super long and steep. this is looking up from the bottom. Quick picture, here's our train!
We met up with the boys at the bus station and went home for hot tubbing, spaghetti dinner, and Caroline went to the outdoor movie showing of Pirates 2. This campground has it all. Too bad we just sightsee all day or we could enjoy it, just kidding.
The morning subway ride.
We started the day walking through the Smithsonian Sculpture Garden. This is a fountain in the middle of it. The kids can't resist water. The shoes are off in no time flat, they dunk their heads and then security's feathers get ruffled. Sorry, it's just who we are.
There were a few key items we wanted to see before spending most of the day at the Air and Space Museum so on the way we stopped at Natural History and saw the Hope Diamond. 45 carats of flawless blue beauty. Then on to American History.
They had a podium in front of a screen, with teleprompters for you to read, just like you were giving your Presidential inaguration speech. Here's David feeling like the president.
Next we had to see Dorothy's ruby slippers. We also saw Oscar the grouch, Muhamed Ali's gloves and Julia Child's kitchen.
There was a section on inventions and David tried out the windsurfer. It is harder than it looks.
Finally, lunch at the most efficient McDonalds in the world, and on to the Air and Space Museum. This is one of the Apollo lunar landers. The program was scrapped before this one was able to be used. Because they don't have to worry about air friction or aerodynamics, this looks a little elementary-school-science-projectish. Kinda funny for something that probably cost a kajillion dollars to build.
Here we are! Can you tell who is who? We were all standing in front of a heat sensor camera and it projected the image on a screen. There are some extra people standing around, but Nelson is the 2nd one on the left, I'm next to him with the cold nose (air-conditioning), then a stranger, then Michael. Katie is in front of Nelson, then David in front of her with cold ears and then Caroline to the right. How cool is that?!
There was a giant room filled with science experiments having to do with flight. We spent some time in here, it was really fun.
At this point, we split up because we (Caroline) had to see the giant pandas at the National Zoo. The boys stayed behind to spend more time in the Air and Space Museum and then they went back to the Natural History Museum to see a giant squid, skeletons, stuffed animals and walked through an exhibit filled with live butterflies. I am sorry I missed the butterflies but the zoo was great.
Here is 4 year old Tai, the giant panda.
Katie loves meerkats and she got to get up close and personal. He was really cute and would just stare you in the face.
Little did we realize all of these animals would just stare you in the face. Here are the girls up next to a great ape. It was so cool. He just sat there, looking around, not bothered that you were so close (ok, it was us that weren't bothered, but there was glass between us).
This guy was the funniest! This orangutan had the funniest facial expressions. He leaned his forehead against the glass and looked all around. He was checking out Caroline. We saw many other fun and interesting animals. Sorry Hogle Zoo, but you have been put to shame, this zoo rocks.
The escalator down into the subway at the zoo stop is super long and steep. this is looking up from the bottom. Quick picture, here's our train!
We met up with the boys at the bus station and went home for hot tubbing, spaghetti dinner, and Caroline went to the outdoor movie showing of Pirates 2. This campground has it all. Too bad we just sightsee all day or we could enjoy it, just kidding.
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