After a great night's sleep we hit the road.
First - breakfast at the hotel. We join our traveling companions, Gold River Discovery Center, a group of 7th and 8th graders from NoCal. We are going to the Capital today.
We arrived very early, and who do you think we saw getting out of another bus, Mrs. Henderson. She's traveling with her 8th grade students.
We were able to take up close pictures, and then headed down to the visitor's center. We saw a short film on the history of the Capital. It was all very interesting. We were able to get into the Congressional Gallery, but Congress had just broken for Lunch, so we didn't see any action.
We did however see Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the House. She was coming up the stairs, while we were going down the stairs at the Library of Congress.
From the Capital it was on to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing - where the money is made.
We took the tour, they were printing the $100 note today. Our guide told us they print on average $9 million daily.
Picture above was taken in the gift shop.
Next stop was Reagan Int'l Trade Center for lunch.
Smithsonian Complex was our next stop. Everyone got into groups and went to check out the museums. Some went to the Air and Space, some to Natural History, and some to American History. We stayed for 3 hours.
Dinner Time! After dinner it was Memorials at Night under a full moon. We visited the Lincoln, Viet Nam, Korean, World War II, and the Marines Memorials, all at night. Beautiful and breath taking.
We are now back at the hotel. It's our last night in DC, tomorrow it's George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, then onto the BIG APPLE!
BTW - Arlington Laying of the Wreath video is on St. Monica Catholic Elementary School FaceBook page. Check it out!
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