Washington D.C.

May 13, 2010 - Driving from the rainy Outer Banks of NC, we drove 370 miles north to Washington DC via Williamsburg, VA.  DC was an experience not to be missed for a first hand view of the nation's history.  Since we only had 2 nights at the capitol, we decided to head for what we wanted to see the most, the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History and the National American History Museum.

We took the metro from our hotel on Embassy Row and walked the National Mall with views of the Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, and of course the National Monument.  The area felt quite Roman or Greek with all these large structures finished in Greek Revival architecture.  After a full day at the museums and walking around the Mall, we got cleaned up and met up with one of my best friends, Kris who was in DC for work.  It was so nice to see a familiar face from back home, laughing and having dinner like old times in this city.

The National Monument

Charlie as an early human!  haha (taken at the early human exhibit)

ewww. Me, as an early human!

Charlie and the Neanderthal

My early human doppleganger.

The famed T-rex at the Museum of Natural History

Triceratops and Charlie

Sloth!!! from the Ice Age

Michelle Obama's inaugural gown at the First Ladies exhibit in the American History Museum

Mary Lincoln's gown, her waist was soo tiny!

Abraham Lincoln's famed top hat before he was assassinated.  The Abe Lincoln exhibit was truly touching and quite memorable.

Wishing he was prez.

Monumental

Obama in the Whitehouse!

Yay! with Kris.

Kris and I taking in DC by night.