Washington DC: Day 4

Now we reach the last day of my trip to Washington DC, the thought of having to come back to work slowly creeps into my mind and just makes me sad. My only consolidation is knowing that Monday is a holiday and I'll have an extra day to relax. The day started off just getting everything together and packing our bags as we wouldn't be returning to my sister's house after we finished up with our ventures for the day. We had a late afternoon flight so we still had some time to check out a few more places

Once we left our first stop was...Burger King! We got there at 10:55 am and apparently that is too late to still get served breakfast so my dreams of getting a sausage croissanwich were smashed as I had to settle for a chicken sandwich; shenanighans. But once we left there our next stop was the U.S. Botanic Gardens. I find taking pictures of flowers to be kind of girlie but its pretty easy to get some satisfying shots. I'd recommend any amateur photographer start off by taking pictures of flowers as they don't move around, are usually in good lighting, easy to get close to and provide pictures with lots of color.

Our next stop was Arlington National Cemetery which we had tried to visit on an earlier night but was unfortunately closed at the time. During the day however there were many visitors and traffic so we ended up just getting out of the car on the highway off ramp while my sister's husband stayed with the car. I was really shocked at how many graves there were, it was a very emotional place to be. We visited John F. Kennedy's grave and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier which were hard to take pictures of with all of the visitors trying to do the same thing. It was a good experience visiting the Arlington National Cemetery and a good way to end the trip honoring those who have served this great country.

From there it was off to the Ronald Reagan National Airport to go back to Denver. We said our goodbyes and I hope to visit my sister and her husband again sometime. Special thanks to my sister Karen for planning the itinerary for the trip and her husband for driving us around, it would not have been the trip it was without you two; see you soon.