We spent a great 4 days in Maryland visiting my best friend, Jennifer. Jen and I have known each other for almost 30 years (gulp). It had been a few years since our last visit, but as always happens, it was as if we had just seen each other yesterday.
The first day we spent visiting and fit in a quick trip to the B&O Railroad Museum and Fort McHenry.
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| Very interesting museum |
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| The rotunda at the B&O Museum |
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| Us at Fort McHenry--the birthplace of The Star Spangled Banner |
Our next day we spent in Washington DC. Keith stayed behind to do some work on the RV and car. One day is nowhere near enough time, but we got to see the Capitol Building, visit the Library of Congress, view the National Archives and ogle the Hope Diamond--great day.
Thomas Jefferson's Library is on display at The Library of Congress, arranged, as close as possible, as he had. That was awesome to see.
At the archives we were able to view the original Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. How neat to see George Washington's original signature on the Constitution! The Declaration is very, very faded and I wouldn't be surprised if it is taken off display at some point in the not too distant future. It was difficult to make out any words. It was a bit sad, but I'm thankful that the kids and I were able to see it.
We just had time to visit the Gem section of the Museum of National History. I think we need to plan one more visit to DC *just* to visit the Smithsonians. We were able to see quite a bit, but we missed sooooo much.
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| Back of the Capitol Building |
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| The Library of Congress |
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| Beautiful building |
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| The Library |
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| The reading room--I'm usually a rule follower, but I broke the no picture rule to get this one. |
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| The Supreme Court |
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| The National Archives |
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| The Museum of Natural History |
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And back to Union Station for the ride back to Maryland
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| Us, Jen and her daughter Livy as captured by a very nice German couple. :) |
Our final day we just visited with Jen and her daughter, Livy. It was a relaxing and much, much too short a visit.
5 comments:
Looks like you had great weather!
You could spend a solid week here and not see all of the Smithsonian. Glad you had a nice time. The Library of Congress is amazing, isn't it. Union Station isn't so bad itself.
Gosh, isn't it great to get to see precious friends? (Notice I didn't say "old"!) And, you got to see some great stuff! I always leave D.C. regretful that I don't have the time or funds to see more!
I'm so glad you updated your blog! I've been checking it faithfully, waiting to see what you've been up to.
Your pictures are gorgeous (as usual)! Glad you got to spend some time with a dear friend.
Thanks for keeping us in the loop.
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