Day 3 – We woke up late which was nice and then headed towards downtown DC to make sure we got to Ford Theater on time so we can look at the museum when it opened an hour before the show. We got there super early so we went souvenir shopping. Once the museum was open we headed on in and then saw the wonderful show Liberty Smith. It was really good and had a lot of historical facts. Afterwards we headed to the Museum of Natural History. It was jam packed full of impolite, prepubescent 8th graders shoving their way through people to see all the cool stuff. I got a bit claustrophobic so we left not even 5 minutes after we arrived. Good thing it was free! We then got on the metro and headed to our next brewery located in Silver Spring. It was in an old fire station house and was worth braving the rain for.
Day 4- We realized we had not seen the Jefferson Monument so we headed on over. From there we could see where the pentagon is and decided to hoof it on over. Unfortunately we found out you cannot walk to the pentagon. You must take the metro or the freeway. In our good efforts we found the Mount Vernon trail and walked straight to the airport. We watched planes take off for a few minutes before catching the metro at the airport stop. We went to Alexandria and saw the Masonic Temple and walked down the main street. The shops were super cool and we met up with our friend Michelle at the Tapas restaurant. It was a great way to spend our last night in the DC area!
Chris and I very much enjoyed our visit to DC and would love to go back one day. It feels like a vibrant city with young adults who are making a difference in the world. It was awesome!!