Between Christmas and New Years we had the opportunity to go to Washington DC. We volunteered to transport Ruth’s brother, Dave, to Virginia, so that he could drive to Provo with a friend and then take a shuttle to Rexburg to start school at BYU-Idaho. We were happy to take him down to Virginia, because that gave us the excuse to see Washington DC.
We spent a few days seeing as much as our feet and the cold would let us. One of my must-sees is the National Natural History Museum.
This is me in front of a giant squid. We thought this was pretty big until we went around the corner…
…and saw the female. She is contained in the large box everyone is looking into.
We were also able to meet up with Ruth’s old roommate, Emily, who lives in Baltimore. She is the one that introduced us to each other. She is a big fan of Lincoln, so we went to Ford’s Theater.
We also did the monument parade:
Jefferson
Lincoln
and some of the war memorials
We also visited the Botanical Gardens, Portrait Gallery, walked around the Capitol, and went inside the Library of Congress. I ran down to see the Supreme Court building, but we had to leave soon after, because there was reportedly a dangerous man nearby and they were setting up snipers on the steps of the Library of Congress. We just got on the Metro and left.
We also saw the National Christmas Tree set up in front of the White House.
Before heading home we went to Manassas National Battlefield. That was a really interesting place neither of us had been before.
Back in Rhode Island we had another snow storm. I was able to make a small snow man on New Years Eve, and he is still out there.
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