Monument Tour

Wednesday afternoon we met up with Mark, settled into our hotel and then headed out for our first mission... dinner.  

Using what would be one of our greatest tools of the week, the Urban Spoon app, Mark found a Mexican restaurant that served local organic food with vegan options.  It was super yummy and the girls got to start us off by helping stir up the table side guacamole.

Our meal was fantastic, our route was planned, and we were ready to tour the monuments of DC.

 As we were making our way to our first monument we came upon the Sculpture Gardens.  We had just enough time to take a quick lap around the outer circle before the whistles sounded to signal the closing of the gardens.

The Washington Monument

 Making our way to the Lincoln Memorial.

 The girls' favorite by far, the Lincoln Memorial.

 Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Long after the sun had set we made it back to our hotel.  We were all exhausted after walking at least 4 miles to and from our hotel and throughout downtown.  

Aching feet aside, we had a great evening with many memorable moments.  Each monument brought great excitement bringing more reality to simple facts we learned over the last year as we studied US history.  There was a beautiful carousel that we couldn't pass up. On the last leg of our tour we had passed the White House and started back on the trek when we began to hear sirens and see many flashing lights.  Before we knew it we were front line as the Presidential Motorcade passed within 10 feet of us, pretty exciting!!