Poor man's scanner

So DC was a blast...until our camera broke. More specifically, until our expensive wireless memory card broke. We've got about 700 photos on the card and after talking to a guy at Ritz yesterday, I think we may have lost them all. Still waiting for an email back from the company that makes the card, keeping my fingers crossed.

We squeezed so much into 2 & 1/2 days! From memory...because I can't look at the photos to tell you exactly...we saw/went to/ate at/walked to/got rained on

the super steep escalators @ Rosslyn Metro Station

The Lincoln Memorial

The Washington Monument

The Capitol

Union Station

The Marriott Key Bridge Hotel pool

The National Museum of Natural History

The Hope Diamond

The National Sculpture Garden

The Smithsonian Castle

The National Air & Space Museum

Flight simulator!

The Albert Einstein Planetarium

The IMAX Theater

The Bureau of Engraving & Printing

The National Zoo

Pandas, Komodo Dragons and Anacondas, oh my!

The FDR Memorial

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Albert Einstein Memorial

The Reflecting Pool

The World War II Memorial

The Tidal Basin and Cherry Blossoms

The DC War Memorial

The International Spy Museum

We did pick up a disposable camera at the National Zoo, just when the camera started acting wonky. We got some cute shots but of course I forgot to have Ritz upload them to their website (which they do automatically with digital photos) so I had to take Shayne's advice and use the poor man's scanner. Photos of photos, I tried to crop out the Pizza Hut box they're sitting on. Here are the best ones, all out of order.

Macaroni @ the Lincoln Memorial, he's

that little black dot at the top of the steps.

Macaroni taking a photo of me taking a photo of him
@ the Jefferson Memorial

Macaroni @ Freedom Plaza

pretty sure I have a photo of his brother getting rained

on in this exact spot

Macaroni @ Constitution Avenue

Macaroni @ the Washington Monument

Macaroni @ the National Air & Space Museum

waiting in line for the IMAX show

Space Station 3D

Macaroni @ the National Zoo

Macaroni about to eat breakfast @ the Zoo

They had Boca Burgers! And he made the ketchup

smiley face himself. How cute is he?

With the digital camera and a new memory card...

Macaroni in the cab on the way to the airport

Maybe two minutes later

All in all it was a great trip. The weather was great until our last day when we got a steady sprinkle all day long. My feet are still killing me from all the miles we walked but at least it distracts from the knee pain.

On the plane to DC Mac said he just wanted to go to the Air & Space Museum, didn't want to see any "stupid buildings and monuments" but once we got off the Metro at the Mall he was so wide eyed. He said he didn't realize it would all be so big. We did spend a lot of time at Air & Space but by the end of the trip he was asking to walk out of the way to see another monument or statue.

We'll definitely be going back when Macaroni's a little older. We didn't do the Holocaust Museum or the National Archives. I feel like I'm never going to see the Declaration of Independence. I want to stand in front of it and sing the Preamble, School House Rock style.