Baltimore

We started off the day in downtown Baltimore. The harbor area is very nice, with lots of historic ships to tour, restaurants, piers to walk, etc.



We met Jeni and Ana at the National Aquarium in the morning. What an awesome place!









Jeni had to leave after 2 hrs, Ana was exhausted from all the excitement!









Dolphin show:



Archer fish spitting water to knock a cricket off a stick!



On a Baltimore pier:



We had a late lunch at Nick's, with amazing crab cakes and seafood. Then we drove Chris to the airport to catch his flight home. Poor Chris has to work the rest of the week.

Then I drove to Chincoteague Island, our home for the next few days. We are looking forward to a fun and relaxing few days here!

Views from our hotel:






At the end of our pier, looking back at our hotel:



Pretty sunset:





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Last day in DC

Today was very rainy, and we were very tired, so we had a relatively quiet day. First stop - a tour of the Capitol!












The statue on top of the Capitol dome is really this big!




Girls modeling their new tshirts:




Lunch in Chinatown:



We drove by the Jefferson Memorial, but didn't go in. Next time!



We visited cousins Matt and Jeni and little Anastasia at their house for dinner. The four girls had a blast together while the grown ups talked.



Then back to our hotel for some swimming!



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We saw it all!

National Archives, where we saw the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights:



Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated:



Capitol Bldg:



Capitol with cherry blossoms:



Meg holding the Washington Monument:



Supreme Court Bldg:



US Botanic Garden:



Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:






Hope diamond:



White House from the south lawn:



Vietnam Veterans Memorial:



Lincoln Memorial:






MLK Jr memorial:



Pedometers. Chris' says 10.5 miles of walking!


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27,425

That was the number of steps that Megan took yesterday, according to her pedometer! We did a lot of walking! Chris estimates at least 6 miles! We all slept very well last night.

Today's agenda: national archives, smithsonian museum of natural history, and more!


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White House and more!

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Arlington national cemetery

And Iwo Jima memorial:









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My "fixed" blogging app still isn't working well. Check Katie's blog for lots of pics this week from our spring break trip!

Here's our first sighting of cherry blossoms! We hope to see lots more in DC tomorrow!



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