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Washington D.C. and Jenny’s Birthday

Some failed ideas of how simple it would be to take Jenny to New York City for her birthday, we ended up going to Washington D.C. Since I LOVE going to D.C. , it seemed like a good second choice. We selected the American History Museum, since it had been...

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Washington D.C.

John and I went with Laura, Heather, Tom, Chris and Baby Cameron to Washington D.C. First leg of the journey was to hop on the metro, which seemed to excite Cameron. First stop was the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History… The museum’s collections total over 125 million specimens of plants,...

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Washington D.C. (Episode II) Continued – Hirshhorn

After the Sculpture Garden, Laura wanted to go to the Hirshhorn , the Smithsonian’s museum of international modern and contemporary art. The Hirshhorn is a round building, which is handy for getting a chance to see everything. You go around twice per level and then you are back where you...

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Washington D.C. (Episode II)

Not even a whole week after going to D.C., we decided to return. Having more of an understanding of how the metro works made a second visit easier. I took 500 photos this time! This time, we decided to visit the National Museum of Natural History. The main building on...