Take a Walk

Day 3, Part 2. After the disaster at the Capitol, Anthony had had enough of the tours and him and Dad went off to get coffee and sit in the sun. I, however, was pretty set on going to the Library of Congress. We got there super early for our tour, so decided to self tour instead. The architecture of the building is beautiful and the sheer amount of knowledge it holds was a little bit awe inspiring to me. Also, the bookstore was awesome. I was super tempted to by Biblio Bears or Metaphorical Mix.

Afterward, Mom and I headed to meet up with Dad and Anthony at the Air and Space Museum. On our way, we passed a loan bagpiper who was just playing his bagpipe in the middle of a field and a man with a box on his head who wants to be dictator. Mom, of course, took pictures. It pains me to say this, but I was starving after our crazy morning and was pretty excited to go to the McDonalds when we got to the museum. The Amelia Earhart exhibit was cool as was the mom landing stuff. At this point, we were all really tired and our feet ached. Everyone was pretty much minerals and complaining. But, we carried on.

Next we went to the White House, which was much smaller than I had imagined. We buzzed passed there and headed to the Vietnam Memorial. It was incredibly sobering and was maybe one of the only places where the massive amounts of school groups we saw actually acted appropriately.

Finally, we went to the Lincoln Memorial, which is also gigantic and has many stairs. Whether or not we would all make it up and then back down the stairs was in serious question, but I'm happy to report we all made it.

Once we finally made it back to the room, everyone collapsed and vowed never to walk again. At least until we went to dinner at Chipoltle a half hour later.

Song of the day Take a Walk by Passion Pit. Quotes follow.


Sucks to be you guys. oh wait, we went too. Sucks to be all of us. - Anthony

Oh, you're stupid! - Mom to the girl running the Lincoln Monument stairs

Fine, I don't need you. I just need my dinosaur toys and a beer from the fridge. - Anthony

Liz just hit dad in the face with cheese - Anthony

My feet are saying "fuck you! What are you doing asshole?" - Elizabeth