We had the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. and New York City. I had never been there other than in an airport or two so it doesn't really count as having been there at all.
We flew into the Baltimore, MD, airport the night of Monday the 21st of March. We met the group from Oregon at the airport and our tour guide who's name was Greg. It was really late by eastern time and we still had about an hour to get to the hotel. We spent the night at a Sheraton in Rockville, Maryland. We got up early and ate breakfast that the hotel put in a room for our group and off we went.
Our tour guide was a nice guy named Greg and it was chop chop chop let's move. We really didn't get much time to take photos but we did see a lot. The photos below are of the first day in Washington D.C.
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| Eric on the plane |
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| Katy waiting for the bus at the hotel |
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| Macey waiting for the bus at the hotel |
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| Karen and her usual banter as we are waiting for the bus. |
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| Eric talking to Mr. Nelson, the teacher who put the trip together |
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| Now we are on the bus. This is Greg the tour guide |
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| My first view of Washington D.C. was the Washington Monument. We are on the bus and will soon cross a bridge into DC |
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| The Jefferson Memorial as we are entering DC |
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| Getting of the bus in DC and walking toward the Whitehouse |
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| At the White House. Elizabeth on the right was Katy, Macey and Kylie's roomate |
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| A statue in the park to the north of the White House. I think it might be LaFayette but I cannot remember. |
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| Me at the White House |
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| Macey and Katy at the White House |
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| Is Macey thinking of stealing that cop car? |
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| Magnolia trees were blossoming everywhere |
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| Getting back on the bus |
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| In line to the Smithsonian Space and Air Museum. Every building you went into they searched you. This one was just like getting on a plane. A lot of others just made you empty your pockets and then looked into your bags. |
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| Hubble Telescope |
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| A moon rock and Katy's hand |
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| Amelia Earhart |
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| The Spirit of St. Louis |
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| The one Chuck Yeager flew to break the sound barrier |
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| We had a hot dog here |
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| The capitol building under construction |
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| Going up the steps to the Art Museum |
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| A fountain inside the art musem |
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| The only painting of Leonard Da Vinci |
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| me and a sharks mouth |
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| The museum of Natural History I believe |
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| The map |
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| Heading to the Holocaust Museum |
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| The story of Daniel inside the Holocaust museum was touching. The Jews were branded with a gold star back then and were not allowed to go anywhere until they were all finally forced into concentration camps |
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| Walking past the Washington Monument and toward the World War 2 monument |
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| World War 2 Memorial |
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| Cherry trees as we walk around toward FDR's Memorial. These Cherry trees are the offspring of the original cherry trees planted here. |
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| We did not get to go to the Jefferson Memorial but got to walk around it and see it. |
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| Martin Luther King. Jr. |
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| He would never let the media see he was in a wheelchair. |
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| Eating dinner at Union Station |
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| Trains instead of planes |
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| Neat to be here |
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| The Vietnam Memorial |
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| Nice moon and Washington Momument |
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| At the Vietnam Memorial |
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| Lincoln Memorial |
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| Got a lot of good compliments on this photo. We were lucky to get a full moon with the monument |
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| Korean War Memorial. This one is a little eerie |
