DC

I went to DC for a conference last week and stayed a little longer to take in some of the sights. The first couple days were sunny and very warm, but then the rain rolled in and it got super cold and windy and I did not pack enough layers!




Our hotel was just a couple blocks from the mall area dealie with all the monuments and the Smithsonians and the Holocaust museum and Ford's Theater and the house where Lincoln died. Everything was in walking distance. Awesoooome! Not everything was accessible without a ticket or a line forming around the block. Boooooo!




All we'd heard was that everything was free, or close to it and how great it all is. This is true! What we didn't know was that it was the last weekend of the cherry blossom festival and charter buses literally lined every street we walked. Tickets "sold out" before I even made it down to my first session of the morning. So, I didn't get to see Ford's Theater or where Lincoln died, which I REALLY wanted to see. Nor did I get to go into the permanent display of the Holocaust Museum. But I did get to see the white house, the capitol, Lincoln's memorial, Jefferson's, Washington's.. WWII, Korean and Vietnam memorials. It was all really amazing to see and I'm so glad I got to.







Side note: I could not find ONE thing having to do with any Stearman in the air and space museum. What the freak, Smithsonian??


Working around my conference schedule was a little tough, but we did take the metro down to Alexandria one evening and that was totally my speed! I loved the quaint little shops and restaurants, and being down by the water. The rain moved in that night and we were soaked before we made it back, but still a great time.





The morning our flight left, we went to see Arlington. I wish I'd had more time to wander around there, but I'm happy to report we timed it right to see the changing of the guard and some high school presented a wreath and they played Taps. Gave me chills and brought a tear to my eye!





I'm always excited to go to new places, and very appreciative of any traveling I get to do. But the more I travel to bigger cities, the happier and more appreciative I am to get home and just be home.


Thank the good Lord for parking spaces!