Spring Break befell the Matheson home, so Lee and I took a little airplane ride to visit Lee's friend, Mitch. We visited the capitol of this great nation!
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
The tallest building in Washington DC it reaches 555 feet 5⅛ inches in the air, with a sandstone block from the "The State of Deseret" now known as Utah. (The monument also sinks an average of 1/8 of an inch every 30 years)
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
(OUR FAV)
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
THE CAPITOL
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| Rotunda |
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| Capitol-- Statuary Hall HARPER'S FERRY |
The former residing place of Mitch McBride. Also the famous place of John Brown (who is that you ask? I asked the same thing, and Lee looked at me like I asked who the President of the United States is. Like, how am I supposed to know who this civil war guy is). so.. John Brown is a man who tried to raid the militarys armory and arm the blacks (which he did not succeed, but started the unrest that led to the civil war). Needless to say this is a famous civil war town.
Banks of the Shenandoah River
near Harper's Ferry
ANTIETAM
A famous civil war battleground. Said to be the bloodiest one day of the civil war. 23000 men fell that day.
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| Burnside Bridge: most photographed civil war bridge. So, to commemorate this impressive record... we took a picture. |
WASHINGTON DC TEMPLE
So, after walking a billion miles we arrived safely home. We are grateful for Mitch's hospitality, and also for the hospitality of his friends Gary and Cheri. We had a fantastic time, and I had the most exciting civil war history lesson I've ever had.
Your trip looks so fun!!! And I love your bangs. And that picture where you were trying to make the face of that random animal (what is that?).... haha you are so cute.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember what that animal was called, but it certainly was my favorite one there!
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