So we woke up Saturday morning and boy did I feel better! YEAH I was well! We packed up our rooms, ate breakfast and got ready to go and tour the National Mall. We drove to downtown Washington and discovered that weekend parking is a whole lot cheaper so we pulled into this parking garage, found a parking spot and got ready to leave. We walked over and viewed the Washington Monument....and the kids got to touch and we did all the touristy pictures and just enjoyed the bright spring morning. From the Washington Monument we went across to the World War II Memorial which I found to be very cool since I have done a lot of research on the war and my grandpa Spry fought on the Atlantic side. From there we walked past the reflecting pool up to the Lincoln Memorial. Janea like seeing the memorial and reading the speeches on the walls. We also made sure to take our pictures on the "I have a Dream" spot. We then walked past the Vietnam Memorial. This was very moving and it was amazing how the crowds grow silent as you walk further down the wall and see all the names listed of the missing and those who died.
After this we had to go and get back to our van. We took the scenic route past the White House and then got back to our parking garage. Our van was stuck and it took us 35 minutes to get out of the garage. It then took us almost an hour to get to the airport. Our flight is scheduled to leave at 2:15 pm and we arrive at the airport at 1:30. Talk about rushed, we rushed through security, we rushed through the concourses arriving with about 2 minutes to spare at our gate making our flight home! 1 and1/2 hours later we land in Chicago and then have a 1hour 45 min layover before flying home to KC. It was a good trip but I was very glad to get home!
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