The big guy behind us is Thomas Jefferson. Belle just looks too cute in this picture...The picture below shows just a small portion of our walk, our goal after visiting the Jefferson Memorial, was to then go to the Roosevelt, and on to the Lincoln and all of the ones surrounding the Lincoln. I knew that the next day included a visit to the Smithsonians and they were on the very far side of the mall. I did not want to make two trips to the memorials on this side of the mall. 
The pictures below are at the Roosevelt memorial, which in my books is the best one. It is hard to rank memorials, but my ranking score is based on which ones did my kids and me enjoy looking at and playing around at. You will notice we had fun at the Roosevelt memorial area. Lots of really neat waterfalls...laid out really well. Did I mention it was 100 degrees?
Good Idea...misty breeze. Bad Idea...wet kids. (Below) Davis played his part well in this scene.
OK, I put these pictures together to show you some troubles you have when asking a stranger to take your picture. We do this all the time, and although it feels strange, we have the picture we were wanting of the whole family. But the problem is when you ask someone that doesn't have a clue how a camera works, and then they have no idea that the BIG STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN is the reason you are standing in that spot. What was going on in the lady's mind that took this picture below. You see the lady hold the camera, it looks like she has held one before, yet as she takes the picture, both Magan and I are thinking clearly she does not have the angle to get the BIG STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN in the picture. Then she hands the camera back to you with a smile, and we give that normal response "Oh yeah, that was great, thank you" as we then must wait for this lady to mosey on out of this area so it won't look impolite as we get someone else that has some picture taking sense to snap the picture again. And Yes, the picture below shows that we did find someone. I think my point is that if you are asked to take a picture for someone in front of....let's say a BIG STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN...make sure you get the statue in the picture. If you can not do that, just politely let the family know that you have no picture taking sense, please find someone else.
If Sam becomes president one day, and Davis becomes Secretary of State...or vice versa. This would be a cool picture...You could call it "look to the future".
We visited the Vietnam memorial, then the Womens Vietnam memorial, and then the Korean War memorial.
Our journey to the Memorials ended with Magan and the kids grabbing some ice cream and drinks at the Lincoln Memorial, while Dad ran back to the car. And I did run, and made it in really good time for an old guy that had kids on my shoulders all day. It was a fun day...but very difficult given the heat and amount of walking involved. I was definately glad to be back at our "Washington DC Home". Sam got a puzzle, and I would say helping him put this together, was a much more relaxing way to view the memorials.
OK, I put these pictures together to show you some troubles you have when asking a stranger to take your picture. We do this all the time, and although it feels strange, we have the picture we were wanting of the whole family. But the problem is when you ask someone that doesn't have a clue how a camera works, and then they have no idea that the BIG STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN is the reason you are standing in that spot. What was going on in the lady's mind that took this picture below. You see the lady hold the camera, it looks like she has held one before, yet as she takes the picture, both Magan and I are thinking clearly she does not have the angle to get the BIG STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN in the picture. Then she hands the camera back to you with a smile, and we give that normal response "Oh yeah, that was great, thank you" as we then must wait for this lady to mosey on out of this area so it won't look impolite as we get someone else that has some picture taking sense to snap the picture again. And Yes, the picture below shows that we did find someone. I think my point is that if you are asked to take a picture for someone in front of....let's say a BIG STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN...make sure you get the statue in the picture. If you can not do that, just politely let the family know that you have no picture taking sense, please find someone else.
If Sam becomes president one day, and Davis becomes Secretary of State...or vice versa. This would be a cool picture...You could call it "look to the future".
We visited the Vietnam memorial, then the Womens Vietnam memorial, and then the Korean War memorial.
I think there are 19 soldiers in this Korean War memorial, and from what I overheard from a tour group, it is representative of the 38 parrellel that ended up dividing North and South Korea after the war. It is 19 because they are all reflected by the wall on the far side of this memorial. (Below) The boys saw water.
Our journey to the Memorials ended with Magan and the kids grabbing some ice cream and drinks at the Lincoln Memorial, while Dad ran back to the car. And I did run, and made it in really good time for an old guy that had kids on my shoulders all day. It was a fun day...but very difficult given the heat and amount of walking involved. I was definately glad to be back at our "Washington DC Home". Sam got a puzzle, and I would say helping him put this together, was a much more relaxing way to view the memorials. 
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