16 Kilometers of Fun

Yesterday we drove to the base where we met up with Steve. Unfortunately because Steve is on duty this week, he couldn't join us to go downtown, however he did drive us there so we didn't have to take the subway. He even printed us off a special map and highlighted the areas he thought we should visit. Charmaine was in charge of the map and navigating us. She did a pretty good job getting us around the city. We stopped to view several of the memorials while on our way to the White House. Charmaine was sure to shop at every vendor we came upon and got some great deals on souvenirs to bring back home. At first the White House seemed smaller than we imagined, but then we found out that we were actually in the back instead of the front of it. LOL Finally we made our way to the National Museum of American History. Turns out the museum was closing early, so we only had an hour to see everything. As soon as we entered into the building and started to see the exhibits, it was clear that this was going to be one of our favourite attractions in the city. Tyler especially loved the transportation part where they had huge trains and cars. He would clapped at each exhibit in excitement. Then upstairs on the 3rd level, Charmaine and I were the ones to show our excitement. They had Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, the puffy shirt from Seinfeld, the chairs from All in the Family, Dorthy's ruby slippers, not to mention the other cool exhibits in the museum. We wished we had more time for the museum; we didn't even have to time see the second level exhibits. Overall we walked 16 kilometers in 4 hours! To say the least, we were all like zombies by the time we got home. We got Chinese food on the way home and it was 8:30 by the time we started eating. It was an exhausting day, but it was so worth it. We had an awesome day! Enjoy the photos below of some of the exhibits from the National Museum of American History.