Washington D.C.

My parents wanted to see Washington D.C. before they headed back to Idaho. We drove up on Friday and saw Mount Vernon on the way there. Mount Vernon, by far, was my favorite part of any of our site-seeing. If you do one thing while visiting out east, go to Mount Vernon! It was SO beautiful and was decorated wonderfully. It was interesting, yet again, to learn about another founding father. George Washington was truly a great man! Sadly, I didn't get any pictures. :(

We then went to see all of the monuments in DC as part of an evening tour. It was awesome. The guide told us so many good stories and facts.

The following day we went to Arlington and watched the changing of the guard at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

We then went to the National Archives to see the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The writing on the Declaration is SO faded, you can barely see it. We followed that up by seeing 'thee' ruby slippers at the Museum of American History and then finished the day at the Museum of National History.

We then had to drive up to Baltimore to drop my parents off at the airport to fly home. We were so sad to see them go! We loved having them here in Virginia!

That basically summed up the end of our big traveling this summer. So in 6 weeks we went through Utah, Arizona, and Nevada to get to California. We drove to Idaho twice and then drove through Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland! Whew!! I never want to travel again!