Luckily we went when the Cherry Blossoms were in their peak blooming stage & we saw THOUSANDS of beautiful trees on the water front. I got to thinking about why all these trees were here & where they come from... So I looked it up & found out that the plantings of the cherry blossom trees originated as a gift in 1912 from the people of Japan to the United States as a gesture of friendship and goodwill. Since then, the number of trees has expanded to approximately 3,750 trees of 16 varieties on National Park Service land.
Well, that was your fun fact of the day!
First we hit up the kids' favorite attraction in D.C. ... the Metro!
Then we headed over to the Smithsonian to take a gander at this guy! He's REALLY juggling crazy stuff.
After that entertaining show we headed on over to the Museum of Natural History to delight in the things of nature. She's VERY delighted.
Looking down into the main entrance from the 2nd floor
I was SO excited to see the Hope Diamond! It's a hefty 45.52 carats... It was soooo sparkly, this picture doesn't even do it justice! Did you know that it's blue because of a slight impurity?! It was ...I'll say it...breathtaking.
I didn't get a picture, but I got to see Julia Child's kitchen & watched a few clips of her cooking show. I LOVED it, she was such a cute lady!
Claira playing at the Museum of American History
George Washington with his homie Benny D. Is it just me or is it weird that ol' George doesn't have a shirt on?
The Air & Space Museum was our favorite...we only got to visit for 15 minutes because it was the last museum we went to & they were closing, but it was so fun to see all the aircraft & space suits!
Dylan looking up & realizing that his wildest dreams have come true:) He was in total awe over the huge planes & space equipment.
A space suit that was actually worn on the moon! It still had moon dust all over it!
Outside the Smithsonian Castle
It was starting to get dark, so we literally ran across the city to see the blossoms before the sun set. We got real sweaty, but it was fun:) We stopped here for a quick picture before booking it another fafillion blocks.
Too cute!
By the time we reached the river it was dark, but that's okay we had just enough light to get a few nice pictures. Across the river, glowing in the darkness is the Jefferson Memorial building.
It was so beautiful!
Sunset on the Potomac
I love this place!
Lincoln Memorial
WW2 Memorial
We had quite the adventure getting home...we headed back to the Metro station we arrived on & found that it was closed! We bumped into some people who were trying to find another Metro station too but we had no idea where one was, so together we looked at a few maps and went our separate ways...got 'kinda' lost...and finally made it to another station an hour later....tourists much?! Even so we had an awesome time & hope we can go back someday!
7 comments:
Oh man! Those blossoms are out of this world!! What a great time to visit the nation's capital...or capitol...either one.:)
SO FUN! makes me want to go back! i love the pretty cherry blossom pictures. i'm glad you guys had such a great time!
Those trees look like they were beautiful! I'm glad you guys were able to go. You got some really cute pictures.
Wow, that looks so fun! No you have to see night at the museum 2, or did you? anyway, thanks for sharing. Those kids look so big!
Ahhhh the kids are so big! I am SO SO jealous I was not there this time! I'm glad Ben got to see it finally. Looks like the blossoms were even more awesome than when I was there. By the way, I love the word fafillion and I love that you guys were tourists. SO fun!
That is a trip I'd LOVE to take! Looks like you all had a blast!
Awesome pictures! Garth and I went Oct 2006. We definitely want to go back with the kids. Spring looks like a great time to go. JeanaÜ
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