After we went to the National Archives, we tried to see the White House but Washington is not the easiest city to park, or drive around. We decided that we would try to go to the Capitol Building. Bryon dropped me off to try to find a place to park. While walking up to the bulding, I
got soaking wet! I don't know if you have ever been in a Tropical Storm, but the rain is different. It soaks everything! We decided to go back to the hotel and try again in the morning before we left for home. Sunday morning we hit the road back into DC. First stop...the White house. We walked up to the viewing area but was unable to get much closer because the SWAT team was there guarding and not letting people close. As you can see from the picture (which is zoomed out all the way), we were not very close at all but this is as close as we were allowed to go - the SWAT guys were quite serious!
We then went to see all the monuments: Washington Monum
ent, WWII Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial. They were amazing!! Our last stop on our tour of Washington was the DC Temple. It wasn't anything like I thought it would be. Its wierd how taking a picture from a certain angle can change the look of the building. It was a beatiful temple.
Ok, so while we were in Virginia, Tropical Storm Hannah was making herself known and things were being shutdown due to bad weather. So, we decided that we would head north into Maryland instead. We left early and arrived in Washington DC by afternoon only to find that the lovely storm was visiting Washington as well. We decided we would only see the things that we would be able to stay dry doing. Our first stop was the National Archives. This is where the Declaration of Indepence, Bill of Rights, US Constitution etc are kept. Geneology buffs - this is the place for you! 
One thing about DC is the buildings there are absolutely amazing. The architecture is beautiful. We saw all the documents that were displayed. Although, the Declaration of Independance is so old that the ink has almost completely disappeared. Its amazing though the documents are still in tact. The oldest document that was there was the Magna Carta - circa 1297 - surprisingly this was in better condition than the Declaration of Indepence which was written in 1776.
After we went to the National Archives, we tried to see the White House but Washington is not the easiest city to park, or drive around. We decided that we would try to go to the Capitol Building. Bryon dropped me off to try to find a place to park. While walking up to the bulding, I
got soaking wet! I don't know if you have ever been in a Tropical Storm, but the rain is different. It soaks everything! We decided to go back to the hotel and try again in the morning before we left for home. Sunday morning we hit the road back into DC. First stop...the White house. We walked up to the viewing area but was unable to get much closer because the SWAT team was there guarding and not letting people close. As you can see from the picture (which is zoomed out all the way), we were not very close at all but this is as close as we were allowed to go - the SWAT guys were quite serious! 
We then went to see all the monuments: Washington Monum
ent, WWII Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial. They were amazing!! Our last stop on our tour of Washington was the DC Temple. It wasn't anything like I thought it would be. Its wierd how taking a picture from a certain angle can change the look of the building. It was a beatiful temple. 
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