10.30.2011

Washington DC

At the end of September we spent a week out in Baltimore/Washington DC. We stayed with one of Mark’s good friends, Ty, from high school and his cool family.  They were great hosts and made sure we didn’t get lost.  Here is an overview of all the stuff we did.

Monday:

Bureau of Printing and Engraving –

DSC_0004We  got to watch money being printed. If only we could make it that fast ourselves!

Arlington National Cemetery -

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DSC_0016 Arlington House where General Lee had lived (who knew?)

DSC_0053 Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unkown

American History Museum (Smithsonian) –

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Muppets and Mark windsurfing

A walking tour of the monuments -

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Washington Monument (it was closed so we didn’t get to go in)

DSC_0114WWII

DSC_0138DSC_0147 Lincoln Memorial

DSC_0152Vietnam Memorial (not very well lit at night)

DSC_0156 MLK (this is a new one this year)

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Jefferson Memorial

Tuesday:

Library of Congress –

DSC_0207DSC_0210DSC_0230Super cool architecture!

The Capitol -

DSC_0248The Rotunda

DSC_0273Philo T. Farnsworth

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Sleeping baby

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Supreme Court -

DSC_0280DSC_0287DSC_0288 Spiral staircase they don’t use because they fear their soundness (how silly)

Botanic Garden (Smithsonian) -

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Wednesday:

We weren’t so touristy.  We hung out at Ty’s house and Mark and I went to the DC temple and did sealings, a good anniversary-time activity!

Thursday:

Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) -

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Sculpture Garden -

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National Archives – (It’s the building in back)

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Then we went to our hotel in DC, got ready for a hot date (for our anniversary celebration) and left Claire behind.  Mark and I went out to dinner at a little Italian place and then we walked to the Kennedy Center to see Les Miserable.  It is a much bigger theater than what we have in Boise.  The play was excellent, though we did get a little lost because we couldn’t understand all of the words so we had to read the synopsis in our programs during intermission to catch up.IMAG0532

Friday:

White House -

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Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian) -

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Saturday:

We visited Ft. McHenry in Baltimore (where the flag was flying that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner).

Then we played a round of Disc Golf.  How could Mark and Ty get together without playing disc golf?  It would be tragic.

Then we were off to the airport for our next adventure.

Thanks guys!  We had lots of fun!

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