To catch the elevator to the top of the Washington Monument, you need to go to the ticket center and get ticket. They are free and really go fast. Gary and I were there before 9 and only had a choice of !2, 12:30 or 2. We chose the 2:00 time so we could go to the Natural History Museum. Once you get the top, you can spend as much time as you want. We made sure to check out all four windows.
Had to drive a-ways to see the Museum at Udvar-Hazy Center, but it was well worth the trip. Museum was larger than we thought it would be. Cost $15 to park the car, but the museum was free. We did see a movie at the IMAX which made us feel like we were flying. Had lunch at the McDonalds located there.
Concorde
19 year old built this helicopter
used to lead geese back to their homes
Call our senator’s office on Tuesday and booked a tour of the capitol for 2 today. I really enjoyed it, but it was not up Gary’s alley. He’s more of a plane, guns, military type museum person. We just missed the senate vote for the judge for the 9th circuit court.
It was said the every word spoken in the house chamber could be heard from this position.
Huge building. Most of the artifacts are on the 4th floor. We watched a movie which was really good. Did not eat in the cafeteria, prices too high for our pocketbook.
I really like seeing all the different Spanish swords.
Wow. What a great time we had. Gary was wearing his route 66 hat and all kinds of people told us to make sure we saw the route 66 portion of this side of the museum. This side covers the history of all the was the US has taken part in. It also covers the areas of transportation in the US.
We went to the Holocaust museum and then went to the American History Museum. With only half the day left, we were only able to view the west side of the museum. We ate lunch in the cafeteria there. Pretty pricey.
Hopped on board the metro-bus that comes to our campground and off we went for our first stab at catching the metro. We had purchased our smart-cards at the campground and then were able to load some money on to them at the metro. It was very easy to figure out how to go, especially after we asked for help from people around us. Glad to say, they were eager to help us. Gary chose the Air and Space Museum for our first visit. We were not disappointed. We watched the 3 films on the IMAX and enjoyed them all.
We arrived at Cherry Hill campground, Gary caught a 2 lb bass, we went to the orientation meeting, and then on the night tour of Washington DC. Great tour, only problem was that we did not get to spend as much time as we would have liked at the 5 stops we made.
back of Jefferson Memorial
our first view of the capitol
We bought tickets that included the cyclorama, movie, museum, and bus tour of the Battlefield. Taking the tour really brought the battle alive. After the tour, we drove the car to spend more time at some of the stops. There are lots of memorials to the different divisions of both Union and Federal troops. Gary wanted to climb to the top of Big Round Top so we did. Hard to imaging the rebels running up the hill trying to attack the Union army, especially when you consider it was in July and very hot. We did not visit any of the other museums in the area.
largest monument
we climbed to the top of the outlook. 6 flights up, 6 flights down
Lee’s statue
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