DC Trip Part 4... Washington DC, of course!
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 7:00PM It was only 100 degrees out. What's the big deal? A day of sightseeing in the blaring District of Columbia sun was just another day in paradise.
It's a good thing I started the day with a hot beverage from Starbucks... that was silly.
We stopped off at Mount Vernon to grab some photos because the day before on our bike trip, we were in a little bit of a hurry.
We parked near Union Station. What a beautiful place!
DC's Metro system is pretty cool. It's very clean and fairly easy to use, once you get the hang of it.
I got some pretty cool moving train shots too. I've ridden Boston's T many times & never thought about taking a photo like this. I think DC's wall lights made it make sense.
This one is my favorite.
We got off the Metro and headed toward the Smithsonian Castle. This was before the earthquake that happened in Virginia a couple of weeks ago, but the Smithsonian Castle sustained quite a bit of damage during the earthquake. It was closed to visitors for a while. Not sure if it's open yet.
It's a pretty place. Look at these plants! They have some white leaves! That's not just sun reflection.
We headed down the mall toward the Roosevelt Memorial. On the way, we saw this sign for the Washington Monument. Good thing. We wouldn't have been able to find it otherwise.
Sarah tried to help us get around. She's the worst local ever. She doesn't know where anything is. Luckily, there was signage.
We saw the Jefferson Memorial on the way. It was kind of a long walk because it was so hot.
We made it to the Roosevelt Memorial. Such a beautiful place.
I took this really nice photo of S. We all had our hair up out of the way because it was so hot outside. We couldn't stay in the sun for any amount of time. So much sunscreen! It was so hot.
On the way back down the mall, we happened upon a gang of segway hooligans tearing down the mall. They could have taken someone's eye out! Also, it was really hot outside.
Thankfully we made it to the Museum of National History. We were in desperate need of air conditioning and lunch. The museum had both. We collapsed onto cafeteria chairs and fed our faces.
I had a gyro with lamb and tomato and lettuce and some kind of yogurty greek sauce.
We had a little time to explore the museum. We saw Julia Child's home kitchen!
And Dorothy's shoes!
After the museum, we finally got to our Harry Potter movie (which was the whole point of the trip to DC to visit S), and it was worth the wait.
After HP, we ended our girls' weekend with a dinner of turkey burgers & caprese salad and a viewing of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun starring Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker! It was amazingly 80's and fabulously bad. A perfect end to the weekend!
