Washington DC pt. 1

I just had the most amazing vacation in Washington, DC this past week!

On Tuesday night, the 16th, Jordan, Garrett, and I drove to Laytonville after our classes got out at 7 pm. We got there at 9:30 and then unsuccessfully tried to sleep because we were so excited. Then we got up the next morning at 5 and drove to the San Francisco airport to catch our 12:05 flight to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There we had an hour layover where I registered for spring classes on Jordan's phone (which is really hard to do because the buttons are so damn tiny) and then we flew to DC. We arrived in DC at 10 pm their time. We didn't get to Harmony's house until 11:30 because we took the wrong metro and had to get on another one, which was very time consuming. We pretty much passed out as soon as we got there.

The next day we got up at 7:30 and tried to go into the Capitol but couldn't because I had an empty Klean Kanteen and Jordan and Garrett had some snacks. Apparently, those are very threatening objects to the people in the Capitol. Then we went to the United States Botanic Garden, which was gorgeous and had the most amazing orchid room! I was in heaven. After that we went to the Smithsonian Museum of Art, which was very cool but we got burnt out too fast and didn't end up seeing any of the more modern art. Just lots of baby Jesus and Mary. Then we went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, which was great, but like all the Smithsonians that we went to, it was way too large to try and see thoroughly in 1.5 hours. It was dark at this point and we went to see the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial at night, both were so beautiful and amazingly large. Then we met Harmony at the White House and then went to dinner at the Old Ebbit, which was delicious but very expensive. There I discovered my love for Gin and Tonics, and that was pretty much my drink of the trip besides the Vodka Gimlet, which Harmony turned Jordan and I on to. End of day 1.

Also, see my facebook for pictures!