Washington DC

As stated we had some very frustrating and long weeks and were quite happy that we had planned a trip to DC much earlier in the year. It came at the right time. (Perfectly the right time. I had an adoptive placement with work on Thursday 4-16 and did not get home until midnight and then we left on Friday. I had been worried my trip was going to be interrupted and was not happy.)

We had a wonderful time.

Brigham Young's Statue in the Capital

The back of the Capital

We went to Mt Vernon with the Gregorys, spent some time on the National Mall, in museums, at the Zoo (with the Gregorys also), went to the temple, toured the Capital, enjoyed public transportation, played disc golf (I was close to a hole-in-one and even others on the course were quite impressed. Alas, close is insignificant when I must continue to bow to Tom and his amazingly (lucky) skillful (lucky) shot that has proven to be his only mentionable disc golf achievement, and yet I still bow my head in shame.), and generally had a great time.

Miranda with Rocks at the Natural History Museum

The train station by the zoo (location of the tallest escalator in the US, woo!)

Washington DC Temple

The most impressive and touching thing for me was going to National Archives and being able to see the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and other impressive documents. It gives me hope. If those men could, against all odds, achieve the great things that they did, then perhaps we can, against all odds, improve the chaotic world and moral decay we find ourselves in…perhaps?