Okay, everyone, grab your H2O bottles and good shoes we are going on a memorial walk-about!
Our 4 car caravan headed for DC. HA! HA!
I have to laugh, if you've spent anytime driving into and around DC you'll know a caravan is next to impossible. The only thing more impossible was our goal of parking near one another. However crazy our goal, we set off down Hwy 66.
We made it to DC, by a small miracle all together in our line of 4 vehicles. It didn't last...
One word...AVON.
We got onto Constitution Ave and things were already looking like we had a flawed plan.
Pink shirts were everywhere!
Our plan was to head to Ohio Dr SW, park, have a picnic, and walk the memorials. I knew enough that we were not going be able to park right by each other, but I didn't see the Avon Run coming. I should have known that something was going to be going on, there is always something going on.
Right away we lost Holly and almost didn't get her back. She was sent off into the traffic and ended up driving all over the streets of DC. The rest of us, with some incredible luck found parking. First, Kevin and Mama and Papa J's cars, were able to park along Ohio with some considerable distance apart. Then Sallie and I found parking at the Potomac West Park parking lot, only after Sallie got out and stood in a parking spot to hold it until I was able to get to it. Whew...Three cars down.
After talking Holly out of leaving the city and trying to navigate her to our direction, we were able to hold a parking spot for her near where my parents parked. It was one intense experience!
We found a spot along the river to eat lunch and decompress after the stress, we walked over to a nice shady spot near the Tidal Basin with a perfect view of the Jefferson Memorial.
This was my 4th time doing the walk and my kids opted out of doing it a 3rd time. They decided to hang back, relax on the blankets and throw some balls around. Kevin was nice and stayed with them.
The rest of us got started...
Feeling the cool water at the Martin Luther King Memorial
Aunt Jill and Nora in the big city
I took the twins with me while everyone else headed up to the Lincoln Memorial.
I loved the one on one time...they are such great babies!
If you ever want to be a tourist attraction in DC, get yourself some super cute twins. As I sat holding them, some cute Asian ladies stopped to take pictures...so funny!
We stopped to cool our feet at the WWII Memorial.
After the long walk we relaxed all together in the shade eating treats,
taking in the views, and people watching.
We lost our foot ball in Tidal Basin...
Someone rescue it!
These sweet paddle-boaters were nice enough to go get it:) It took a few tries, its not that easy.
~ May 3, 2015 ~
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