A Little Less Energy

After spending the previous day walking around D.C., we weren't as quick to jump out of bed and get going for day three.  We all slept in a bit and then headed back into the city to visit the art museum. 
We started with lunch at a fun Mexican restaurant.

Rachel and I especially loved the decorations and the guacamole made tableside.

I was surprised that the kids enjoyed the art museum as much as they did.
 

 We could have stayed longer, but I knew once we started getting tired we still had to have the energy to travel back to the apartment.

D.C.

I've been to D.C. on several occasions and have seen all the typical touristy attractions.  I'm glad I've had the chance to do that, but I wouldn't be sad if the kids didn't want to visit the city.  However, they really did want to take the opportunity. 

 

We drove to the Metro station that is closest to PK's apartment and took metroed in.  I took the subway all the time when we lived in Boston, but it was a first for the kids.  The Metro was actually part of the excitement for them.  I was happy to not have to fight the traffic and try to find a place to park.

 



 

Aaron and PK on the Metro

 

Once we made it into the city we walked around to all the memorials.

 







Hannah was excited to find this tree near the Washington Monument.  It was a perfect climbing tree.



 

This picture is from the Vietnam Memorial.  Veterans apply to Honor Flight members.  Those accepted are flown to D.C., given an escort and taken to see the war memorials.  This gentleman in the yellow shirt was a member of an Honor Flight group and his escort was taking a picture of a name he found on The Wall.  I imagine he fought in Vietnam and found the name of someone with whom he served.  This is the epitome of why The Wall and the other memorials exist.

 



 

Aaron and PK at the Lincoln Memorial

 

 

The rest of the pictures were taken at the World War II Memorial.  It is a beautiful place to reflect.

 



 

 

 

 

After we walked around visiting the memorials, we went to one of the Smithsonian museums.  By that time we were hungry, so we had lunch at the museum.  It was overpriced and lacking in quality, but we were fed.  We spent time walking through The Museum of Natural History and The Air and Space Museum before heading back to PK's bachelor pad.





The Bachelor Pad

Since PK is geobatching, we decided to go visit him for Spring Break.  The day we arrived he was going to take us out to dinner at Macaroni Grill, but when we arrived where it was supposed to be we were disappointed to find a building that was closed.  Luckily, it was in an area with tons of other businesses and this great lake with paddle boats.  We had a blast on the paddle boats and enjoyed walking around.  It was a great start to our visit!