2 days down...3 to go

I can't believe it was just yesterday that we left. It seems like 4. After the WW2 Memorial we went to National Cathedral (we ended up coming back to the Lincoln Memorial later on in the day). The Cathedral was big & beautiful! Question for you reading this...what makes it the National Cathedral instead of the National Church? Hmmm.
We had lunch at a food court & then stopped by the White House to get our picture taken in front of it. Off to Mt. Vernon is where we headed next. Wow, was George's property impressive!! We walked where our 1st President walked. It was fascinating to hear the tid-bits from the ladies giving the tours in the different parts of the home. Like he was a good dancer, he incorporated farming (which he loved) into the decor of the house, & he found the color green in 1 of the rooms "agreeable". And did you know that painting the interior of your house was considered well-to-do? And walking around on the property smelled SO good. I don't know if it was the dogwood or the magnolia trees or what...but the smell was intoxicating. And the Potomac River that flows behind his property is beautiful. I wished we could have spent a little more time there.
But we headed off for dinner & then to the Vietnam, Lincoln, & Korean War Memorials. These are all within "walking" distance from each other but some how we got mixed up & veered off to the left instead of right to see the Korean. After all the walking from earlier in the day til then...my feet & legs were pretty tired. The Vietnam Memorial made me cry...thinking of all the Mom's that lost their sons, wives who lost husbands to become a single parent, & kids that were left without a daddy. This was me thinking like a mom not a political figure. I know war is a sacrifice for the greater good but loss is loss. I better move on, it's getting late & I'm getting teary-eyed again. Lincoln was awesomely big looking out over the National Mall. It's so cool how the Capital Building, Washington, & Lincoln Memorials are aligned. As the sun was going down, we got some great picts. By the time we got to the Korean Memorial it was pretty dark. But it was cool to
see it at night because the soliders were illuminated. We just couldn't get great pictures.
We finally got back to the hotel around 9:30. I hadn't ate much at dinner so Samantha & I walked to a Chipotle about 2 minutes from the hotel, for a little snack. Yum! See you all tomorrow...