Road Trip 2017 - Day 4

Day 4 - Wed 12th July - Washington DC

We started off walking back to the Mall and up to the Washington Monument.

Holding up the monument

how do you photograph something that tall.

looking North East towards the Nation Museum of African American History and Culture

Looking west toward the Lincoln Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Looking East towards Capitol building

So many flags

Looking North at White House

We then walked West towards the WW2 memorial

And then down along the reflecting pool.

Another Hot day - Its 8:30 and we're already sweating buckets.

Then up to the Lincoln Memorial.

obligatory Selfie - everyone else was doing it!

We then wandered down to the Tidal Basin and the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial.

Jefferson Memorial

From here we headed north again, back up past the Washington Monument and around the Ellipse.

To the White House Visirot Center - we were hoping to go the day before but got there after it closed.  It had a few nice displays about the white house.

Then stopped for lunch at the food court of the Ronald Reagan Building and Internation Trade Center before heading back to the Mall.

Smithsonian Castle

 We headed into the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Hope Diamond

Huge Amythest

More Crystals

Malachite display

Glow in the dark crystals

looking down on Ocean room

Looking down on Henry the Elephant

moose

Lemmingtons (otherwise known as Lemmings)

Henry the Elephant

Checking out the art sculptures - what do we think - not a lot!

 We took a quick tour of the National Air and Space Museum then headed back to the hotel past the Capitol building - everyone tired but still up for a quick dance.

Dinner at Gordon Biersch Brewery.