The first thing we did on day two was to find the train from Fair Fax to Washington DC. We found it, road for about a half hour and when we got off at the closest stop to the White House, this is what we saw! Can you imagine an elephant! Lauren loves elephants! It was in the sort of patio area at the Ronald Reagan International building. It was pretty cool!
This is a close-up of a flower on a tree on the grounds of the White House. These trees are all over the grounds. There were all these pictures of previous Presidents digging holes to plant trees. Actually it was pretty cool! Some of the trees were a hundred years old! The flowers were beautiful.
This is the front of the White House. At least it's the side you always see in pictures. It was amazing to be actually standing where we have seen Presidents stand.
This is a picture of the Oval Office. If there hadn't been a guard outside that told us we would never have known. Pretty cool, huh?
After the White House we walked, walked and walked! One of the places we saw was Ford's Theatre, which is where President Lincoln was Shot. It was under construction so the sign was all we could see!
While i waited in line to see the Declaration of Independence, Steve and Laur went to the Navy Memorial,of course! Steven's future!!
The documents were really cool to see. Actually everything about Washington DC makes you feel so patriotic! It is amazing to actually see and be where all these famous historical things are!
We walked forever to get to the Capital Building and when we got there it was closed (and of course under construction!) But it is an awesome building even to see on the outside!
Well, that was day two. We found a train station and rode it back to Fairfax. We found a great little Italian dinner place really close to the hotel. Well, we thought it was going to be great, but they really screwed up our order and then really screwed it up again!! It ended up costing a lot of money! Oh well!
Keep watching for day three!
1 comment:
So fun! I love that picture of the flower! you could totally blow that up and put it up in your room. Its crazy how much you guys did while you were there! You got some good pictures to document it!
P.S. What's wrong with your hair? it looks way better than mine would in the rain!
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