Day 3

Today was a free day and the latest we slept in all week….til 9:00 when WI Kiegan gave us a personal wake up call.  First on our agenda was the Holocaust Museum.  It’s a lot to take in.  Sam didn’t understand at first, but had a good education. 
Chico’s FAS had a gifting suite for mothers from 1:00-3:00, so Janelle and I went to check it out.  We got free jewelry and lotion.  There were 4 tables that we got to pick one product form each.  I got a small bottle of Soymilk and Orange Flower lotion, a really cool neutral tone necklace, blue earrings, and a multi-piece purple ring.  We also each received to CMNH braclets, one blue and one red.  Those are actually my favorite.
We then went and had excellent hamburgers and fries at Five Guys.  Sam did a phone interview with Katie Stukey from KRTV at 3:00.   By this time it was pouring, so we got a van ride from CMNH staff to the National Aquarium.  It was small, but enjoyable. 
We still  hadn’t seen some of the sights that we missed on Sunday, so we got another ride, this time to the Lincoln Memorial, so we could then walk back.  The Lincoln Memorial was bigger than we thought it would be.  We also saw the view of the Washington Monument I had been waiting for with the reflecting pool in front of it.  Awesome!!! 
Next stop was the Vietman Veteran’s Memorial.  WI Janelle got some awesome pictures of Byron at the wall with the Washington Monument in the background.  Very sobering to see how long this wall is and all of the names.  We had a nice walk back in the dark and another visit with some of the Secret Service Police…one of them was the same one we talked to on Sunday’s walk.
After a quick bite to eat, we went to the pool with our Wisconsin family.  Time for bed.  Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day!!!
Erin