We got up and drove into DC this day with plans on doing some touring before the game. The drive into DC was only supposed to be about an hour long. We even timed it so that we would miss rush hour. However, the trip turned into about an hour and a half thanks to a car stopped on the SIDE of the road causing a severe case of rubbernecking. Luckily, we were all well rested and had full bellies, so this only caused a minimal amount of frustration. We finally got out of the traffic and made it to Union Station with no problems, shockingly! We had tickets for a hop on-hop off tour bus around DC. There was a bus waiting for us as soon as we got our tickets, so we hopped right on and commenced our touring.
We only had a few hours to cram as much as possible in. The boys didn't get to see everything, but we at least hit some of the bigger and more convenient things to get to.
Seth took this picture! I thought it turned out great! He may claim to be all jock, but he has an artistic streak in him!
This turned out to be one of my favorite pictures. Not because of the picture itself, but because of what is going on behind the scenes. I had three boys simultaneously telling me to move that hand up and this hand down...I was so confused and too busy laughing at them, that I of course didn't get it exactly right. Oh well, I guess it's close enough!
Once we got tired of walking around in the heat, we wondered into a couple of the Smithsonian museums. They had some pretty neat stuff on display. Definitely worth a walk through, especially if you go when there are fewer crowds.
Eventually, we made it to the Nationals game and lucked into getting some pictures with the former President himself!
The Nationals have a very nice and clean stadium. However, there is not really anything there to set it apart from other stadiums. We still very much enjoyed the game!
We got to see Starusburg throw 9 strikouts in his first loss. Yea! and Booo! at the same time.
We also got to see Josh Willingham play. Seth's claim to fame is that Josh hit a homerun off of him when they played in college. :) And of course, we enjoyed some more marvelous ice cream!! YUMM!!
Day 2 also turned out to be a success. We crammed in as much as we could and didn't get lost one single time! We made it back to the hotel in time to catch some of the College World Series and get a good night's rest.
2 comments:
Carter one day wants to take this trip! He LOVES Josh Willingham! He would be so jealous! Wish I knew you were going. I would have had you look for him a Willingham shirt. Glad you had fun and a lot of good food to eat!
We definitely could have gotten him a shirt, if I'd known!! Since he's from Florence, we occasionally see Willingham stuff here. I'll have to be on the lookout!!
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