Washington D.C.

Washington D.C.--May11-21

WOW!!  You are lucky that I didn't download the HUNDREDS of pictures we took.   It was so hard to pick just a few pictures to share.  I absolutely LOVE Washington D.C.   I was so excited to share my love of the city with all my boys.  It feels like we could have spent months here and still have things to see and do!  We are so thankful we had a long time to visit and explore.  We camped about 20 miles away from the Hill, so it took some planning to avoid traffic.  Several days we came really early to the city, unloaded our bikes and had the Mall area, practically to ourselves, which was awesome.  We also spent a late afternoon and evening in the city to see the monuments at night, which is spectacular.  Armed with our bikes and two bike bells we saw so much of this amazing city.

We had awesome tours of the Capitol and White House. 

We had a great time in Alexandria visiting a high school friend.  It has a darling downtown area...complete with a great ice cream shop.  

Since I lived in Washington they have added a huge Capitol Visitor Center. It had a great movie about the history of the Capitol and a great tour.  A big thanks to Ian, for setting up our awesome tour!

We visited the Library of Congress, the boys couldn't believe how many books they had!  This is the main reading room, quite possibly the most beautiful room in Washington. 

The boys loved playing sports on the Mall.  World Cup fever has taken over the Mulder family.

We loved seeing the D.C. United soccer team in action!  Thanks again to Ian for the tickets.

Playing football on the National Mall was a highlight for Curt.

One of the highlights for me was reconnecting with several high school and Page friends who now live in D.C.  One of them is my page roomate, Beth!!  We have not seen each other in 18 years, so it was such a blessing to spend the afternoon together.  All we were missing was our other roomie, Bridget!!

We went to TONS of museums.  We enjoyed the Smithsonians,  but they were very busy with Junior High and High School school groups in matching shirts!!  The boys enjoyed a place we hadn't been before called the Newseum.  They had a particularly hard hitting and unflinching exhibit on Anchorman...

We JUST LOVED seeing all the monuments...several times!!  Many of them I had not even seen before.  The Martin Luther King Jr., WWII, and Korean War monuments were new to me. And of course we went to all the old favorites!  We even got to go to the top of the Washington Monument on a newly opened elevator.  It has 360 degree views of the city.  

Tomorrow we head north to the Philadelphia/New York City area.  Thanks for following us on this EPIC adventure!!