We took a vacation to Washington D.C. for 6 days and 3 days in Asheboro, NC at my sister's house. We saw a lot of things and we ate good food. Here are some pictures of the trip.
Air and Space Museum
Wright Brother's first plane
We took a tour in where they make money!
Washington Monument
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
....and Speedy found a new friend!
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Korean War Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Abe Lincoln
Vietnam War Memorial
World War 2 Memorial
And saw President Obama in a helicopter...
Library of Congress
Capitol Building
Each state in the United States get to put in 2 statues in the Capitol Building. So for Utah, Brigham Young...
...and Philo Farnsworth.
...and Brigham Young is my niece's 5th great grandfather....
....and Philo Farnsworth is my grandmother's 2nd cousin's husband. He invented the television. We thought we were cool! And why aren't we rich?
The famous library in the Library of Congress
We got rain
Batonal Gardens...bananas. Love those.
We took a night tour in a tour bus, more like a boat tour. It poured rain very hard the whole time. I had a blast but nobody else did.
White House
Washington Monument
James Bond car in the Spy Museum
Ford Theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot
Lincoln's replica bed where he died, but it's the same room where he died in the Peterson House across the street from Ford Theater
Serial killer Ted Bundy's car in the crime museum
General Lee's Plantation in Arlington Cemetary
Arlington Cemetary
Guard of the Unknown Soldier
...switching guards
Inside of General Lee's house
On top of Washington Monument
Dorothy's shoes from the Wizard of Oz movie from American History Museum
...and the awesome Abraham Lincoln's actual hat
Union Station
Holding a 65 million year old dinosour bone in the Natural History Museum
Diamond necklace
Reminded me of the movie, "Night of the Museum"
An actual mummy!
Then the booooring American Art museum.
We also saw the Holocaust Museum, I didn't take pictures. I respect those have lost their lives in the Holocaust. It was very disturbing also.
After Washington D.C., we drove to North Carolina for a few days to go to the dentist and I had a chance to ride my bike all three days on the country roads by my sister's house. It was beautiful!
The roads were something, they all were fun and hilly. I loved the trees and everything. It was a road biker's paradise. But I am a mountain biker from Utah. If I lived in Asheboro, N.C., I would have been a road biker. I could have easily done 50 miles every ride which I won't do in Utah because the roads in Utah completely SUCK. I'm glad I am a mountain biker here in Utah because the mountain biking is the best in Utah.
The first day I did 25 miles(1,300 ft of elevation gain), then the 2nd day, 38 miles(2,300 ft elevation gain), and 3rd day, I did 25 miles(1,300 ft elevation). I did all different routes in all of the rides and the trees and roads were so beautiful. I ran into a few other bikers and even rode with one biker for 3 miles. We talked a lot about biking. It was grand.
