The first day of the trip we drove through Baltimore and walked around Annapolis during the morning. Annapolis has some beautiful architecture. Matt often says it reminds him of Balboa Island. That night after exploring Annapolis and settling into DC we met up with the Glens for dinner and then explored the monuments. My favorite time to visit Lincoln Memorial and the World War 2 Memorial is at night. My parents loved walking around the monuments. The Lincoln Memorial is one of my favorites because I love that he is sitting there looking over the mall and capital in the middle of the building. On his right and left side there are two of his most popular ape aches written on the wall.
We got crab cakes for lunch and my dad was pretty excited about it.
On the second day we woke up early and took the subway into DC. We started off by going to the American History museum. My mom and I really wanted to see the First Lady inauguration gowns exhibit. My mom also was taking pictures of things to show her first grade class such as the red slippers worn in the Wizard of Oz, or historic battle ships. We then went to the Natural History Museum to see the hope diamond. It was much bigger than I thought it would be. After visiting the museums we walked down to see the White House and grab some lunch. After lunch we went to the Air and Space Museum and then to the tidal basin. Even though the cherry blossoms were not in full bloom the magnolia trees were beautiful. We then took the subway back to the hotel and drove over to the Georgetown where we ate dinner and got toasted marshmallow milk shakes for a special treat.
We found some beautiful magnolia trees walking around DC.
The whole group in front of the Washington Monument.
We had to take my parents to Good Stuff Eatery for toasted marshmallow shakes. My mom was a little apprehensive at first because there was no chocolate after her first sip she realized it does not need chocolate.
The third day in DC we went to Mount Vernon. I have always wanted to go to Mount Vernon but have never been. We toured the property and the house. It was beautiful and had a great view of the Potomac. A lot of the pieces in the home were still period to the time that George and Martha Washington lived there.
After DC my parents came to Pittsburgh with us. We went to Falling water their first day in Pittsburgh. Matt and I love taking our friends and family to visit Falling Water. I would highly recommend seeing it if you are ever in the Pittsburgh area. I love having family come to visit and show them where we live and what we do. It was so fun having my family visit and to be able to explore DC with them.
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