Day two in DC

We didn't have time to see everything yesterday, so we decided to head into DC once more. This time it was just Deni, Shannon and I. We left a few minutes after 9am and headed to the Metro. After parking, we bought day passes ($7.80 per person) to ride the metro as much as we wanted that day. When we went to use them, we found out that they couldn't be used during rush hour, which ended at 9:30am. Luckily, it was 9:20am, so we hung out in the Metro station for 10 minutes.

We headed straight to the Holocaust Museum. For most places in DC, you need a ticket. Tickets are free, but you have to go to the place, stand in line, get a ticket and then come back at the specified time on your ticket. (Kinda like a fast pass in Disneyland.) We got to the Holocaust Museum at 10:30am, got in line and got a ticket for 12:45pm.

With our tickets in hand, we decided to head to the Capital Building. We jumped on the Metro and headed to the Capital building. We took this picture, then headed back to the Holocaust Museum.



We had lunch in a park by the Washington Monument and then went into the Holocaust Museum. We spent about an hour and a half in the museum. It was a very sad place. Not a place for kids to visit, although they had a kids section that was very appropriate for kids.

Shannon has a friend that is interning for Utah Senator, Orin Hatch. Shannon texted her and got us a tour of the Capital. So we headed back to the Capital Building. We rode this little cart that the senators take from their office to the Capital building underground.



The tour was great. We had another family from Utah show up and take the tour with us.



On the way home, the metro we were on broke down and all passengers had to get off the train. It was Friday rush hour and took us about 30 minutes to get back on a train, but we finally make it home safe and sound.

Drew and Kara came over for dinner. It was fun to visit with them during dinner. After dinner we headed to the Lake house.