Washington DC (Day 6)

Got up the next morning and drove into Washington. We went there on a Sunday which was nice because there wasn't a lot of traffic and we were able to drive the motor home right downtown and find a place to park it that was only 6 blocks from the white house. How impressive is that? We did lots of walking and got worn out with the heat. My poor sister wanted to go see more but we were just too tired. Here are some pics: The Pentagon as we drive by. This was not within walking distance from everything else. It's a huge building!

We went here and were very unimpressed with the White House. We were shocked at how much better it seems to look on tv. So we took our picture in front of it and continued on....

....oops what we had thought was the front of the White House was really the back. This looked more like what we thought it would. Couldn't do a tour because you have to sign up for that at least 6 months in advance so they can do all the security checks and such.

Lindsay and I, you can see the capital building in the distance. One of the things that we just couldn't drag ourselves to walk to, although we probably should have because when am I ever going to be in Washington DC again?

Washington monument, again no tour. They only give out a certain amount of tickets each day early in the morning. We didn't get here until noon so we were out of luck.

This is a zoomed in photo of the Lincoln Memorial. Another place that we didn't walk to. It seemed really far from the Washington monument at this point.

So we decided to walk to the Smithsonian museum instead.

Our final stop for the day, the only thing that I so desperately wanted to see while there was the Holocaust Memorial Museum. I loved this sign. It said "THINK- the next time you see injustice ABOUT- the next time you witness hatred WHAT- the next time you hear about genocide YOU SAW" This one one of the hardest things that I've ever walked through in my life. It was huge and there were so many things to see and read. They had things like an actual barrack from Auschwitz (possibly the worst concentration camp). A train car that was no bigger than an average size bedroom and they used to jam in 5000 people for many days. Obviously many wouldn't even make the journey. Oh I could just go on and on. It was almost too much by the end. However it reminds me why I do what I do and fight for what I fight for. To think that this is still occurring in countries like Sudan pulls at my heart in a way I cannot describe. I will THINK ABOUT WHAT I SAW....ALWAYS!!!!

...that evening we drove into Pennsylvania and stayed in Harrisburg, next stop Hershey