Day #6
We had planned to go on a tour of the Capital Building around 11 from Tanner's friend Mike that lives and works in Washington D.C. As we got out to the car around 10:30 to head into the city we saw that we had a flat tire. We did not know what to do with a flat tire on a rental car. Tanner called the rental car company and asked what they wanted us to do. We had to change the tire to the spare and trade the car in for a new one. Tanner was so good to change the tire and get us to the airport where the closest car rental place was. We filled the car with gas and went to trade the car in. We looked it up on Google and it took us to a place that had a different name but they returned the car and we switch to a Dodge instead of the Chrysler we had already. We did not like that car as much over all but the space was nice. We sat waiting for them to return the car for about 30 minutes and then we finally headed into the city to meet up with Mike an hour and a half later than we planned. We parked and headed to one of the Senate office buildings.
We met up with Mike and we got to go underground from the office building to the capital. We could have ridden on this little train but with the baby and stroller we decided to walk. We got to the Capital Building got our little badges and headed on the tour. We stopped at a few statues, saw different rooms such as the old senate room, the old supreme court room, and the rotunda. It was very interesting all of the things we got to see. Mike took us down this hallway were they were restoring the old paint that was on the walls. It was very yellow in the old places but on the restored places it was beautifully colored. Then there was a place where if you stand on one side of the room and the speaker on the other that it magnifies the sound and you don't even need to talk loud to hear them. It was incredible. We then stood Layla on the spot that is the middle of the city. It is suppose to be lucky.
After the wonderful tour Mike gave us we headed to lunch with him. Since they are in recess right now he did not have a lot of work specifically that day. So we walked over to this burger place called Good Stuff Eatery. It was delicious. I love burgers anyways but these were so yummy. After we ate. Mike walked with us back to our car and then we said good bye and thank you to him for showing us a little part of Washington D.C.
We got in the car and headed to the Vietnam Memorial, Korean Memorial and then over to Hiroshima Memorial. These were very humbling experiences to see so many names of soldiers lost and knowing how many fought. I am so blessed to live in a country that has men that were fighting for our freedom and for the rights of others also. As I have mentioned before about my Grandpa Taylor it was fun to see where he fought and what he was involved in during so many of these Wars. In his history he doesn't write much about the wars because he says a lot of it was vulgar and terrible things he saw and did not want to remember those or have his posterity remember those. It is kind of sad but very understandable.
This was our last day in Washington D.C. but we enjoyed every minute even when we had to change a tire and the car it was still adventure.
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