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DC 2008
Date(s): April 9 - 13. Album by LM Logan. 1 - 162 of 162 Total. 2061 Visits.

1 Mason writes "To DC or Bust" on PT back window	2 Hyped for the trip. Leaving Durham shortly.
3 Packing it all in the PT	4 From the hotel window (that white streak is a plane landing at Nat'l Airport)
5 Night 1: Maddie sacked out asleep	6 Mason fast asleep.
7 Belgian waffles for breakfast.	8 First time riding the underground Metro
9 Reading the map of where we were headed	10 Yes indeed the cherry blossoms are in full bloom
11 First stop, Lincoln Memorial	12 Headed up the stairs to see Mr. Lincoln
13 Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial	14 Reading the Gettysburg Address at the Lincoln Memorial
15 President Lincoln	16 Where MLK stood to give his speech is memorialized at the Lincoln Memorial
17 Washington Memorial & the Reflecting Pool	18 Reflecting at the Reflecting Pool.
19 Tossing a coin into the Reflecting Pool. (ps - you can see the coin in the air)	20 Photo take with the self-timer.
21 Taking in the Vietnam Memorial.	22 Some items left at the Vietnam Memorial.
23 I don't know these boys but I had to get this picture.	24
25 Making friends with the squirrels & birds	26 Duck at the tidal basin
27 Mason and the duck regard one another	28 Cold drinks at the Tidal Basin
29 Part of WWII Memorial	30 WWII Memorial has a marker for "Pacific" and "Atlantic" at each end
31 Inside the WWII memorial	32 The water was beautiful in the WWII Memorial
33 One of the sides of the WWII Memorial	34 Lincoln Memorial as seen from the WW Memorial
35 Mason's great-grandfather served in India during part of WWII	36 Waiting on a bench for the tourmobile
37 Washington Memorial & cherry trees	38 Union Station
39 The White House (we decided to take the whole tour on another trip)	40 Beautiful cherry trees everywhere you looked
41 Mason is facing the Jefferson Memorial. Jefferson himself faces the Washington Monument.	42 Mady facing the Jefferson Memorial. Washington Mon. in the background.
43 Lots of paddle boats were on the water that day. I'd like to do that too!	44 Jefferson Memorial.
45 Mason & Thomas Jefferson	46 Mady and Thomas Jefferson
47 More cherry trees at the tidal basin at the Jefferson Memorial	48 Sign says "Do Not Pick the Blossoms." Dig the cherry trees in the background.
49 Mason at Arlington Cemetery.	50 Mady at Arlington Cemetery
51 John F. Kennedy's grave and the eternal flame.	52 RFK's grave.
53 The guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.	54 We watched the Changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
55 Changing of the guard ceremony	56 At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
57 Arlington on April 10, 2008.	58 Capitol dome in the distance.
59 Looking out our hotel window	60 Indoor pool at the hotel.
61	62 Mady jumping in.
63 Another yummy breakfast before Friday's fun.	64 Underground tunnel that connects our hotel to the underground mall & Metro stop
65 At the entrace to the underground mall	66 riding down to the Metro stop
67 waiting for the Metro train	68 Day 2 riding the Metro.
69 coming up from Metro stop	70
71	72 At the Air & Space Museum
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75 Original Julia Child handwritten recipe (from American History Museum)	76 Ouch!
77 Flight Simulator	78 Air & Space Museum
79 Air & Space Museum	80 Infra-red of Mady & Mason (from Air & Space)
81 Original Smithsonian Building	82 Touch a rock from the moon at Air & Space museum
83 Mason touching Moon Rock	84
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87 There's a piece of Mars inside that white box (camera couldn't see it)	88
89 Original Kermit (some items from the American History Museum are at A&S temporarily)	90 The hat Pres. Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated. (The kids said it definitely wasn't his lucky hat.)
91 Space Shuttle Simulator	92
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95 making souvenir pennies	96 Souvenir pennies.
97 Original Wright Flyer	98 Picnic on Nat'l Mall
99 Each kid picked out a "Newton's Cradle" at Air & Space (Mady has hers out in the pic)	100 Just hanging out lounging on the grass in the shade enjoying lunch.
101 Looking for 4 leaf clovers on the national mall	102 Picnic on the grass at the Nat'l Mall
103 Mady sketching.	104 Sculpture garden at the Hirshhorn Museum
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109	110 Talk to the hand.
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119	120 Dinner at Mez restaurant
121	122 At the Japanese Street Fest
123 At the entrance arch to Chinatown in DC	124 Auntie A with the kids at Union Station "I am telling them to imagine that they are riding the..." View Comments...
125 Replica of the Liberty Bell at Union Station.	126 In front of Union Station, April 12 2008
127 Mason & Christopher Columbus in front of Union Station	128 Mady in front of Christopher Columbus statue at Union Station
129 Double bunny ears	130 Crushed by the bell of liberty
131 inside Union Station	132 Dessert in the great hall at Union Station
133 At Union Station	134 One's for Hil, one's for Barack
135 Adrienne's for Hillary?	136 Watching the Cherry Blossom Parade
137 Cherry Blossom Parade	138 Japanese drumming
139	140 Taking pics of the parade
141 Washington Monument in background	142
143 Benjamin Franklin and Mason	144
145 At the Japanese Street Fest	146 Finding our Metro station on the map
147 Sculpture at the Dept. of Labor building	148 Above-ground at the National Museum of Art
149 Inside at the National Gallery	150 The "moving sidewalk" that connects 2 parts of the National Gallery (east & west wings)
151 Below ground at the National Gallery of Art at the cascade wall	152
153 Mady at lunch at the Nat'l Gallery	154 Late lunch at the National Gallery of Art cafe (Cascade in the background)
155 Mason at lunch at the Nat'l Gallery	156 Mady at the National Gallery
157 Mason at the National Gallery of Art.	158 Inside fountain the Nat'l Gallery of Art.
159	160 Sculpture garden at National Gallery of Art
161 A Lichtenstein at the Sculpture Garden	162 Laughing boy with cracker in mouth at the Sculpture Garden.

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I don't know how you guys fit so much stuff into such a short time. It looks like you've seen everything in DC that there is to see (and shared it on this page). Thanks!
Mason and Mady are gonna remember this trip for a l-o-n-g time.
- Jack, Sun, 13 Apr 2008 1:31AM

Wow! I'm jealous; wish I had an Aunt Lisa & Aunt Adrienne.
- Frank Logan, Sat, 12 Apr 2008 8:56AM

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