I enjoy being a tourist...

I just came back from a long weekend in DC. my cousin and her husband live in Arlington and they invited a bunch of us to visit for a few days. we spent most of Friday in the city playing tourists. it was J's first time in DC so he wanted to see all the major sites. the weather was chilly and the skies were overcast but we made the most of it. also, most of the cherry blossom trees were bare already because of the early spring. but we managed to see a few and they were quite beautiful. I thought I would share just a few of the pictures I took...

here's a view of the Capitol behind a cherry blossom tree

the next three pictures were taken inside the Botanic Garden center

after lunch in Chinatown we headed towards the White House...it's kinda big...haha

next up on our tour of the city, the WWII Memorial...I got the Washington Monument in the shot as well

we stopped to see the new Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial. all I can say is...powerful.

our last day there we drove out to the Air & Space Museum which was awesome. here's a photo the Enterprise rocket.

okay, so this final picture wasn't taken in DC. this is one of the baby birds that hatched while I was gone. their nest lives in one of the light fixtures by the garage. so cute!

 

DC: mini-trip

A couple weeks ago I made a visit to D.C. for a long weekend. Unfortunately, while my trip was a lot of fun, I did not take many pictures. However, while wandering around Georgetown my cousin and I happened upon an adorable historical site...the Old Stone House. (I think) At any rate, we wandered through the beautiful gardens and I snapped some pictures of pretty flowers. I like flowers. :) We also made a quick visit to the Natural History Museum and spent most of our time in the Gems section. Pretty pretty pretty. The Hope Diamond...amazingly spectacular if I do say so myself. Oh, and yes...I managed to snap a couple shots of some famous landmarks. Because well, what's a visit to our capital city without spying some major sites.


Maybe on my next trip I'll do a better job of actually using my camera for more than like, an hour or two. Here's hoping...