Family Trip To Washington D.C.

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We had a wonderful time there.  We walked 95% of the time.  A tour might have been nice, but we would have missed all the small statues.  Let me break down where we stayed so you can get an idea of how much walk that was.  The first thing we did was to get a hotel map of DC and circle all the ares we would like to see, kids too.  Then, I just planned the route from there.  We did not get to see everything we circled.  There is just so much to see!  I am huge in architecture and spend a good bit of time just studying each structure.

Hilton Garden, close to Union Station and Capitol
http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/district-of-columbia/hilton-garden-inn-washington-dc-us-capitol-DCANMGI/index.html

Wednesday 

1. We drove there, arrived around 3pm
2. Walked to the national mall to get a lay of the land
1. Union Station, Supreme Court, America Indian Museum, Air and Space Museum, Taft Memorial
3. Eat at Union Station

Thursday

1. Early rise to Capitol.  Spend 2 hours looking around grounds and statues
2. Toured America Indian Museum (2 hours)
3. Toured Air Space Museum. (3+ hours)

Friday

1. Walked Through Chinatown.  Very colorful
2. Spy Museum (1+hours)
3. All War Memorials; WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Korean (3+ hours - lot of walking and time reading)
4. South Lawn of White House (1 hour)
5. Washington Monument (get tickets early morning)

Saturday

1. Took limo to National Zoo.  All day

Sunday

1. Arlington national cemetery
2. Drive home

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