Washington D.C

The flight to Washington D.C. was very nice. Midwest Airlines has footrests at every seat which those of us (ME!) with short legs can really appreciate!

The airport is connected to the subway,
Our hotel was part of the underground mall that is connected to the subway also. We didn't actually see the outside of the hotel until our last day when we decided to take the hotel shuttle to the airport and donate our subway cards.
I brought my own bellboy. I highly recommend doing so, it comes in very handy.

After a short rest at the hotel, we were off to be tourist-y! Jer tried to make it look convincing at the Capitol building.


A pretty park with a waterfall.

The Washington monument by day...

And the Washington Monument by night...

I never knew that the monument had been started and stopped so many times. It is obvious too. I thought it was pretty neat to see the lines. OF course, you can't see them from a great distance, and I had thought the monument was lit up, but really it reflects light from the flagpoles surrounding it.
View from the Lincoln...


The Lincoln Memorial from a distance. Those ants on the steps are college students from nearby Washington University

Inside,



On our way, we walked through the WWII Memorial. It was beautiful and peaceful.


The next day was Shawn's Navy Ceremony. We both had a lot of fun. Admirals and captains, and enlisted men all came up to say Hi to us. (They didn't know that they didn't know us! I thought it was Awesome!HEHEHE!)

Kayah with the Lone Sailor at the US NAVY Memorial

Jeremy "driving" a Battleship at the Smithsoniam Air and Space Museum

Outside the National Archives. It was so neat! I haven't been there since I was about 12yrs old, and some things have changed, but it was still great! We waited in line for over an hour to get inside to see the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and more but of course could not use flash photography so here are pics from outside the building! =)


Although we didn't know it at the time of these photos, we were standing in front of one of Amelia Earnheart's planes.


With the Wright Brothers... One of my favorite parts of this museum was the articles, newspaper clippings, books of the day ridiculing the Wright brothers for trying to fly! (In many languages, but the French were funniest!)
Jeremy's eyes were closed, but it was a one shot deal...

When traveling, it is important to look for signs to tell you where you are. Chinatown made it a little easier...

I cannot pass up a smoothie... especially one that comes with a cookie on the straw!

At some point we stopped to rest by this big house and posed for an impromptu pic...