Getting here was thankfully uneventful.
Day 2
Today we hit the ground running for a tour of the Washington Monument at 9:00 a.m. It was cool to ride the elevator to the top (can't take the stairs anymore) and look around. I wasn't really comfortable getting right up against the window - as many know I'm not thrilled with heights, but I decided to take a deep breath and look straight down. Great view! We followed this up with a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Benton wanted to purchase a sheet of notes as a souvenir but they were currently sold out of all denominations below $20 and he wasn't willing to spend his entire souvenir budget on a page of 8, 16 or 32 $20 bills. You can do the math on price of those sheets.
Spent the major part of the day in the Museum of Natural History. After only seeing about half of the museum we raised a white flag and surrendered. We finished the day with a 3 hour bike tour of the major monuments. Riding a bike is a great way to get around - William said he could never have walked the entire way without complaining.
Day 3
Toured the National Archives this morning. I wish we had time for me to enter the research wing. I wold love to spend more time working on the Walters and Peterson family trees. But, that will have to be done from home.
After taking in the Spy Museum - a must for anyone with boys like mine (I thought it was just OK), we headed to the Capitol for our afternoon tour. Just as we were entering the visitors center the 5.8 earthquake rolled through. William and I were on the stairs at the time and it felt like we were on an escalator. It didn't take long to realize we were not going on a tour today. After being evacuated from the area I also realized that all the other buildings were being closed and that meant that the restrooms were also unavailable. Yes, I needed to use one. We found a row of portable toilets in front of the outdoor Sculpture Museum and got in line (many, many others were in the same predicament). We soon found out that only one unit was open, the rest were padlocked shut. The line was over and hour long - one of the first times I've watched a lot of men have to wait (women are quite used to this). We cabbed it back to the hotel and Benton grabbed for the remote and William hit the pool. Not the day we had planned but definitely an adventure!
Sculpture Garden Fountain
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