Washington DC

We had a great day here in the nation's capital. having finally mastered the metro train system, we left early to get to the Archives. Pete and the kids had been there a few days ago and there was a long line so they did not try since it was bery hot and humid. Today was beautiful and only had to wait about ten minutes. We got to see the Magna Carta, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Constitution and the Declaration.The ink on the documents were too faded for me to see so I did not get to see the John Hancock signature but I was ok with it. We also saw a letter from GW asking for supplies for his troops during the Revolution,

From there we walked about a mile to the Holocaust Museum which Breanna really wanted to see. We walked through a section called Daniel's Story...a walk through apartment through the eyes of a boy who lived through it and wrote about it in a diary. Bree and I went to the store and she bought a book and a bracelet to benefit Darfur. I felt sick in the stomach the whole time we were there so I was glad to move on.

Then we headed to Lincoln Memorial where we passed Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, WW II Memorial until we finally got to see Abe Lincoln. It was awesome! We then saw the Korean Memorial before seeing the Vietnam Wall. Walking back to the metro we walked past the White House. While we were walking we saw a helicopter and wondered if it was President Bush coming back from China because it seemed odd that there would be a helicopter or any other air ship close to the White House. When got back to the hotel he was on tv talking about the latest developments overseas.

We also saw Mt. vernon and went to the air space museum a few days ago.
. Tomorrow the spy museum nd the zoo before we head home Wed.