Well, once again, we are all safe and sound back in the hotel! The kids are much quieter tonight than last night, I think they are tired. We were at breakfast at 6:30 and on the bus by 7:15, right on time. We headed out for Mt. Vernon and were first in line! Evidently that is quite a big deal, the tour leaders were all vying with each other about the order each arrived! Mt. Vernon had beautiful views of the Potomac, and you could certainly tell why Washington was so fond of it. We left Mt. Vernon, had lunch and headed for the Washington Memorial where we got to go right to the top and look around. It was a bit cloudy, but we could see the sites near us. I think I am still going to feel the swaying when I lay down tonight! From there we walked to the Holocaust Museum which was very informative, but also very sobering. Our next stop was the Spy Museum for dinner and a tour of spy history. Very fun, we assumed a "legend" and were quizzed on it as we went through the museum. The students seemed to like crawling through the air ducts a lot, it was fun, I did it too!We ended the day with more Memorials, Vietnam, Lincoln and Korean. It had begun to rain by this time and was light most of the way, but began to get worse at our last stop, so we returned to the hotel. The kids ran around the hall, visited the vending machines and Profe sang for everyone in the hall. Too bad Isaiah wouldn't dance for us! Room checks were at 10:00 and the hall is very quiet now at 10:51 local time!
I will post some pictures here from yesterday as well, I can't post all the pictures I have taken (over 400) but I will try to choose some good ones and will get everyone copies of what I have taken. Until tomorrow....
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