Today, we slept in a little bit then took the metro to Foggy Bottom and had breakfast in the George Washington University Bookstore....While in the Merlin Student Union, we stopped by the bookstore and got Josh another baseball T-shirt....
We then took the metro back to the National Mall and visited the Musuem of American History....April viewed the First Ladies' Dresses and got some pointers on quilting before heading over the the Musuem of Natural History, but Gary got his money's worth on American History as we spent 4 1/2 hours learning new US History....Then, we headed over to meet April at the Science Smithsonian, where she lead us around the "hot" spots....We were able to enter the butterfly greenhouse, which houses butterflies that are native all over the world....April ran into Sheri Landon, a Lassiter colleague, who was touring DC with her family....What a small world....After seeing the Hope Diamond, dinosaurs, oceans area, and the mammals, we headed back to Hotel Harrington....
One more dinner and after visiting the National Archives tomorrow, we are off to Mt. Vernon and Montpeleir before spending the night in Charlottesville.....More history, but no way we can get as much as we got today...What a trip---legs are tight and sore, but well worth it....
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