Day Four: Washington DC Trip

Washington, DC: President’s Day marked the final day of our Washington DC Trip. The day began with me taking a solo stroll through the National Mall, photographing the monuments along the way to the Lincoln Memorial. Along the way, I stopped by the Washington Monument, World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial. The fact that I was already walking for over an hour and my family was waiting for me to return with breakfast kept me from finishing the circle through the remainder of the monuments.

After breakfast, we toured the hotel and the museum inside the hotel prior to checking out of our room. We checked our baggage at the hotel so we could make a few more stops before flying out of town in the evening.

We hailed a cab and took the ten minute cab ride over to the National Air and Space Museum. The three story museum had exhibits from throughout the history of flight both on earth and in space. The museum was definitely a hit for our son.

After finishing the museum, we crossed the National Mall enroute to the Sculpture Garden at the National Museum of Art. Here my wife and son took advantage of the cold weather by ice skating on the outdoor skating rink.

We began the walk back towards the Willard Intercontinental. Along the way, we made a stop at the Old Post Office Pavilion. Here we took the elevator to the top of the observation tower for an aerial view of Washington DC. We grabbed lunch at Potbelly’s for the last time before leaving the city.

Tired from a hectic trip, we hung out at the lounge in the hotel awaiting time to head back to the airport. We then took the cab ride back to Reagan National Airport to board our US Airways flight back to Tampa International.

The trip was exciting and exhausting, we crammed in a bunch of attractions in a little bit of time. While we managed to see a lot, we only touched the surface of all there is to do in Washington DC. When returning home, we looked at our travel guides and saw we missed a bunch of stuff we wanted to do so a return trip is definitely in the future.

For more photos from the trip, visit my Washington DC photo page.

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