On the road again for our final city of this collective road trip! We are so happy to be on the final driving leg - except for poor Char who will have to drive by herself tomorrow all the way to Dorothy, NJ. Arriving in DC at around 2 pm, we quickly decided that if we hoped to be able to see any of the fabulous capitol city sights, our best option would be to get a hop on and hop off tour pass. Due to a minor mishap, Martha’s feet were not working quite as designed. More specifically, her big toe had met with disaster and she was hobbling around fairly slowly. So we bought tour passes. We managed to find a dirt cheap parking garage at only $10 a day. This was enough to almost make our morning after shelling out approximately $25 of LeAnne’s cold hard cash (seeing as the other girls somehow managed to not have any) all to cross a couple of silly New York bridges and other toll road/money grubbing devices. Did we happen to ever mention that we don’t like toll roads, Mr. Obama? You are reading this, are you not?
On to the beautiful US capitol! Our tour’s starting point was Union Station, conveniently for us and Martha’s big toe, located almost directly across from our parking garage. First on our list of places to jump off at, was the Washington Monument. It’s tall. And we took pictures. Next up was the Holocaust Museum. With our traditionally great timing, the museum was scheduled to close in 20 minutes so we quickly dashed in to have a fast look. We didn’t get to see any exhibits but it was still pretty cool and something we would like to see more of if we get a chance someday. The Jefferson Memorial was up after that. It is beautiful and we saw several wedding parties having photos done in front of the building. We had the great idea of taking some more pictures. So we did. The Lincoln Memorial was pretty cool and easily the most crowded stop. We took a quick snapshot and managed to rush back to catch the next bus. We saw the White House, the US Capitol building, Ford’s Theatre and some other random buildings from the roof of our bus. Unfortunately we didn’t have as much time as we would have liked on our tour but it is a 24 hour pass so LeAnne and Char are hoping to check out a few more places tomorrow after meeting.
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LOL about your toll roads ranting :) I had to endure that all my life, and yeah I really don't miss it now!!!!! :D
ReplyDeleteDear Girls in America ---
ReplyDeleteAs a faithful reader of your blogs, I am aghast to known there are still toall roads and bridges left in our beloved America. Therefore, I shall be issuing an order let freedom ring in the home of the free and the land of the brave, so that braving our roads may be truly free, in a further step to make of these great USA a more closely knit nation. Another measure I shall be studying will be also to make gas free, so that travelling shall be unhindered and unimpeeded. All this at your behest.
Your sincere admirer and follower,
B. Hussein O.
You need a comma after morning.
ReplyDeleteNow what am I going to have to laugh about? You gals are great comedians. Glad you had fun.
ReplyDeleteReally sorry about your clothes Char. Say Hi to your Aunts in Dorothy for me.
Grandma J
Don't blame our illustrious president for the toll roads in NYC. That's not his fault. That's just how New York is. They like to claim all the money they can & they don't care who it comes from!
ReplyDeleteWow. I sound kinda bitter...
xo
No, no, no! Not the president! He does not need spell check. But the girls who wrote the blog! Check the "readabilaty" of the 11th line of the post. Mr. President is always suave.
ReplyDeleteThe White House DOES need spell check according to Mr. Obama's post and readabilaty? Wow get a dictionary guys ;p
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