Washington DC

Next stop is Williamsport Maryland to see our friends, Tom & Karen who worked with us this winter at Val Vista Village and the Angels Baseball Stadium.  They are working at a Jellystone Park this summer which is about 60 miles from Washington DC.  We have 3 nights here and only one day to do Washington DC!  This is basically impossible but we take what we can get.

We drove the 50 miles to the first Metro Station and hopped on the train for the City arriving about 12 noon.  Paul loves museums and what better place than Washington DC for museums; they are all free and amazing.  Our last trip to DC in 1984 gave us the tour of the monuments and the Air & Space Museum so this time Paul wanted to start with the Museum of American History since we have been seeing so much civil war history this was a natural choice for him.  I thought a couple of hours here and maybe we could hit the The National Art Gallery.  That didn’t happen!  Paul spent 5 hours in the History Museum and didn’t see the whole thing – we did stop for lunch BUT….  The Smithsonian Museums are beyond compare to other museums and there is a lot to see.  The highlight of my day was I got to see A purple Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Dorthy’s Red Slippers, the Greensboro Lunch Counter from the 19 60 sit ins and Julia Child’s Kitchen!  Paul learned all about transportation, civil war, and electricity (I think)!

Anyway the museums close at 5:30 so plenty of time to see the major monuments however it was pretty hot & humid and this was the most walking I had done since I fell so I was beat!  We tried to find a spot to eat and rest but I was just too exhausted so we found the subway and made our way back to the suburbs! 

We did get a few photos of our day of the major sites on THE MALL.

looking toward the Capitol Building

The Whitehouse

The Washington Monument

Lunch Wagon

This was all we could find nearby for food after spending the day in the museum however once we got back to our car and on our way we found a great sports bar to have dinner in, The Green Turtle.  A great place, probably a chain but we had never heard of it and the French Onion Soup was some of the best I have had.  It was such an interesting name I bought myself the Shirt!  Someday I will wear it and take a photo!!!

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