Spring Vacation Day 3

Our third day in Washington D.C. began with Breakfast at Lincoln's Waffle House which is located directly across the street from Ford's Theater. It was good to start the day with a good meal.

We walked a few blocks down the street to the National Museum of Natural Science. This was a huge facility filled with so much cool stuff. There is no way that we could see everything in the few hours that we had so we picked the areas that we were most interested in which included the dinosaurs.

As we walked back to Ford's Theater we found this great photo op on a cement island in the middle of a busy street. We were taking pictures when a nice family came along and agreed that it was a nice spot. They snapped a shot for us and in return we took a picture of them.

(Ryan chats with President Lincoln)

We were able to get tickets to the Abraham Lincoln museum which is located in the basement of Ford's theater.

Ford's Theater is operated by the National Parks Department. We all sat in the theater while a park ranger talked about the events surrounding the assissnation of President Lincoln. It was very interesting and we all learned a few things that we hadn't learned in History class. The picture above shows the balcony where he was sitting. The Hard Rock Cafe was right next door so we had lunch before continuing.

You can't go to Washington D.C. with out seeing the White House. We were able to see the garden that the First Lady has had planted on the grounds.

Vietnam Memorial

The day was beautiful over 70 degrees. We took advantage of the good weather by spending the afternoon visiting all of the outdoor memorials and monuments.

Lincoln Memorial

Korean War Memorial

World War II Memorial

The Washington Monument (Ryan's favorite)

The Cherry Blossom Festival was in full swing and the trees were beautiful especially as we walked toward the Jefferson Memorial.

The Jefferson Memorial was our last stop of the day. Can you tell the kids were a little tired?

We had promised the kids that we wouldn't be walking as much but that turned out to be wrong. We figured that we walked more on this day than any other because there was no subway service in the monument area. It got dark as we walked to the subway from the Jefferson Memorial. We found a pizza place for dinner that ended up being a little more gourmet than we had bargained for; we would have preferred a nice big Round Table Pizza.