Day 14--More Washington D.C.

The Tidal Basin

Today was Tour de Washington! We rented bikes and went all over town seeing the sights. First, it was to the Tidal Basin to see the Jefferson, FDR, and Martin Luther King Jr. Memorials. While riding around the Tidal Basin, several military helicopters were flying fast and low. One of the helicopters was Marine I-which means the President! Dan and Kyle loved this!

Then it was off to the Mall to see the Korean War Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial again. Next, it was on to the American History Museum to see the flag that was flown at Ft. McHenry, and Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner about. (Erin is seeing her report from school, come to life, once more.) It was a lot bigger than expected.

White House

Finally, it was a ride to the White House, to see it from the other side, than what we saw the other day.

On a side note--while riding through the streets/paths today, Dan loved his "bell" on his bike, and rang it constantly!! It was driving Wendy crazy, but Dan just laughed and rang it more!