Our friend Mike was in town for a business conference over our spring break. We got to show him around for a few days, visiting the sites in DC. We visited the *Nat'l Archives and saw the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
Outside the National Archives on St. Patty's Day
Bill of Rights
The Constitution
Museum of American History
How cool is that?! I can hardly believe someone - a man - actually fit inside the thing!
First elevator - really I just like the pic of my shorties. It's so telling.
The Puffy Shirt from Seinfeld
This guy kept hitting on me at the train depot.
Jon wasn't having much luck though.
If you have little girls you need to google this lady.
This dollhouse is taller than me! It took 50 years to create.
After she donated it to the Smithsonian, she continued to "correspond" with the occupants of the little house via letters and Christmas cards. (A tad bit on the crazy side if you ask me.)
The Nat'l Air and Space Museum (Dulles Airport)
Anyone know the significance of the Enola Gay? (I hope so. Otherwise you need to pay a visit to the library and do some reading:) The Enola Gay was the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima in August 1945.
The night before the mission the pilot painted the name on the plane, after his mother. Later he admitted to being embarrassed at attaching his mothers' name to such a "fateful" mission.
This shuttle never went into orbit. It was used for testing in the atmosphere instead.
It is enormous!
Check out those engines. Pretty wild huh?
This is an amazing thing to see. This aircraft was fast and flew high.
I only post this pic because Et took it and he thought it was great. Nice hair huh? It was windy!
This was one of my favorite things to see.
The Concorde is not as big as I had imagined but it was still pretty amazing.
Did you know? It was only capable of holding 100 or fewer passengers at a time. Mind you they were all first-class seats.
They really packed the planes into this space. There are three walkway levels and there is something to see at every level. It was so interesting, definitely not the last time we will visit.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
I love the whimsy these gazing balls add to the garden.
Sis had to get a closer look. She thought they were giant bubbles.
Crouching Spider by Louise Bourgeois.
It may not look too intimidating, but it was pretty creepy and beautiful at the same time.
Twirling
One of the many magnolias in bloom in the Smithsonian Gardens. One of my favorites!
I just fell in love with this little beauty. She was so intent and hard at work. I was so close she kept bumping into my phone. Oh and the flowers are lovely too.
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