New Activities!
April 28, 2012Oh, the unexpected happiness of not having to get in the car. I had totally convinced myself that it was ok, that it was even fun in spots. But now that I don’t have to get into the car until Monday, well, let’s just say I’m not feeling the love.
We are in Washington DC, staying in a fancy hotel blocks from the White House (not ours, the president’s) and the National Mall (whereupon I will be shocked to discover there are no stores). I feel very much like a tourist. These other guests dressed (seriously dressed) for dinner, I even saw a tux.
Maybe I’ll camp in the lobby and take pics of the fashion show tonight. We, however, are marked by our backpack, jeans and walking shoes, branded as hicks.
Yesterday afternoon, we stopped at the overflow Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport (Udvar-Hazy Center). Seeing the space shuttle Discovery was neat; seeing Enola Gay was inexpressibly sad. What is at the main Air and Space? And the American Art Museum has a video game exhibit. And I want to see the botanical gardens. C says we should at least walk by the White House and and and and.
The plan is not to have a plan. We’ll go to the mall and just go where we will. We are going to miss stuff but there is just too much to do in a weekend. Sigh.
I’ll send you picture!