Wednesday - 7/13/05...dozing on the road from Pittsburgh to Washington D.C.  We left around 4:30 a.m. to make it there in time for some sightseeing!

The White House!  Annabelle is determined to live there someday!

Washington Monument.

More construction for Nathaniel to watch.

Visiting the WWII Memorial.

Posing near Illinois - thinking of my Grandpa who flew planes in the war.

Resting!  We walked from our hotel on Thomas Circle all the way to Arlington National cemetary.  Several miles - I'd guess in the 95 degree humidity!

The Lincoln Memorial!

Walking across the Potomac river.

Waiting to ride the Metro - so glad to have A/C! 

Watching the Metro speed by.

Nathaniel passed out in the National Archived - he wasn't too excited by the Declaration of Independence.

The National Sculpture Garden.

Thursday 7/14/05.  Annabelle posing outside Smithsonian Castle - on the Memorial Mall.

Inside the National Museum of Natural History.

Annabelle and I loved looking at the inaugural gowns in the National Museum of American History.

Nathaniel loved the trains and tractors in the lower level.

Annabelle with the Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz!

Yes - I know this is sideways - but it is Annabelle posing with a Monet in the National Museum of Art.

Nathaniel loved this airplane (pretty much all we saw at the National Air and Space museum).

The Capital Building

A very hot and tired Nathaniel playing with trucks outside the Capital Bldg.

The view from our hotel in Washington D.C.  We were just about 5 blocks from the White House.

Our room at the Wyndam - it was great!