The day – and night – in Washington really did exceed my wildest dreams. We had no problems driving into the city and parking, and headed straight to the metro for a ride to the Air and Space Museum. We could have ridden, but Mallory really wanted Charlie to have this experience. Including riding the escalators waaaay down…
We spent the entire day in the museum, and as is typical with Smithsonian institutions, still didn’t see it all. One of our favorite exhibits was the one on aircraft carriers, and Mallory and Charlie both pointed out to me that this was the Kitty Hawk, which made me pretty teary, that they both knew this was Harry’s ship. Just one of too many cool moments in an absolutely fabulous weekend. We weren’t allowed to take pictures in the Archives, so will have to wait until they send us some to include them in my write up of the weekend – but it was spectacular.
