Day 27: Washington DC

We started the day at Union station.  This place is huge, but not to scary :)  We were going to take a tour but then some one had told Tina that you could take the circulater which is a bus that goes around the mall for only one dollar.  So we checked that out first thing but it wasn't running like that anymore so we went downstairs and got tickets for a tour on a trolley.  It drives all over the DC area and we could get on and off in lot's of places and not have to walk the whole thing.  Sounded good to me, I walk a lot but man my body is tired from all this traveling and stuff.

Capital Building

Smithsonian Castle

Washington Monument

Jefferson Memorial

Roosevelt Memorial

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Should a hydrant ever be out of service?  Glad this isn't in front of my house

Martin Luther King Memorial

World War II Memorial

Korean War Monument

Vietnam Wall Monument

I really don't know what to say about the monuments.  They speak for themselves.  No translation needed.  It was amazing and wonderful to walk and read and ponder.

Last we went to the Museum of American History.  We pretty much ran through this one, which is about what you have to do when there is so much to see.  We saw Dorothy's ruby slippers and dresses that the first ladies have worn and the flag that the star spangled banner was written about.  It was so big, I had no idea it was that big.  We saw so much on World War I and II.  The list just goes on and on.  Below is the Sun Stone from the Nauvoo temple.  I think they could have had more information on it there but it was cool to see it.  We took off after this and hurried home.  We were so tired.  Got back to Trudy's house and had dinner.  We visited for hours, it was so nice.