The next leg: Washington, DC.
Universities, and monuments, and museums!
What a time.
The view of Union Station, Washington, DC.
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Back to Union Station, Chicago: to catch the Amtrak Captial.
To all trains
Slightly extended wait.
In line to board.
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Boarding means you get to walk down a longish sidewalk in the train yard...
To find your car.
This one looked nice.
Walkin'
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Finally on board.
the front of our train
Rural- ish
Talked him into coffee in the snack car...
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It is a double decker car. This is the view back to the downstairs restroom complex.
Going back upstairs
Lunch in the snack car
Martinsburg, WV
We are here!
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DC Union station
Our first view of the Capitol Building.
Now to walk to our hotel...
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Found a Starbucks
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A visit to the national Mall
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Washington Monument
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WWI memorial
Found our state at the memorial
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Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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Lincoln Memorial
Thrilled to finally look deep into the scene on the back of every penny.
The text on the wall of the North Chamber was a timely and relevant piece of text.
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Crane
Visiting the Crane
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DC Chinatown
Dinner.
Heard some Cantonese being spoken!
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Our hotel room in DC
Breakfast included was okay.
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Georgetown University.
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American University
Miss 1 ran into a fellow student government cohort from SLC.
College Count: 5.
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Grabbing dinner to take back, leaving olders back at the hotel to get some homework done.
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At breakfast.
Pretty tired.
Our hotel is situated in the NoMa neighborhood= North if Massachusetts Street
The public art stalactites light up as you walk through the under pass.
Coming again to the National Mall...
This time, it's in a Sunday and quieter.
The signs.
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Museum time!
Natural History, from next to the elephant's butt.
Ceiling cetaceans always a favorite.
Rocks
The Meg.
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The national aeronautics and space museum.
This machine was so very broken- didn't yield a penny...
So Mama had to talk to the store folks and they gave us a spare crushed penny.
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Back at the hotel with left over noodles...
And a hotel that lacked any softer if cooking amenities, not even a microwave....
So my handy man, decided to use our handy water heater...
And that there bright green ice bucket...
To reheat the left over noodles...
It worked out really well!
Downtime= Road school Homework time.
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Another breakfast!
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The frosted Window sequence.
I asked them to get creative!
Luv my fam!
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I had waaaaay too much enthusiasm for their homeschool monogrammed school uniform suits!
Blossoming Minds Homeschool 4eva!
Off to our next adventure.
