After sleeping in, and having breakfast at the hotel, it was time to say our last farewell to DC. We drove over to the Theodore Roosevelt Island and walked across the footbridge to see his memorial. Teddy was a big activite for natural conservation and this island is dedicated to him.
You can see in the previous picture how big this statue is. After leaving the island we drove over to Langley and got as close to the CIA building as we could without getting shot.
We made our way out to the airport, and with several hours to burn we stopped at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. This one was much better than the one downtown. It was a HUGE building! Inside we saw the Enola Gay, the bomber that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Among other exhibits is the fastest jet ever built, the Lockheed Blackbird, a Concorde, and a reproduction of one of the Wrights Brothers planes. There were hundreds of other little planes and helicopters as well.
The Space Shuttle Enterprise.
This was amazing! An entire Space Shuttle under one roof!
After sleeping in, and having breakfast at the hotel, it was time to say our last farewell to DC. We drove over to the Theodore Roosevelt Island and walked across the footbridge to see his memorial. Teddy was a big activite for natural conservation and this island is dedicated to him.
You can see in the previous picture how big this statue is. After leaving the island we drove over to Langley and got as close to the CIA building as we could without getting shot.
We made our way out to the airport, and with several hours to burn we stopped at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. This one was much better than the one downtown. It was a HUGE building! Inside we saw the Enola Gay, the bomber that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Among other exhibits is the fastest jet ever built, the Lockheed Blackbird, a Concorde, and a reproduction of one of the Wrights Brothers planes. There were hundreds of other little planes and helicopters as well.
The Space Shuttle Enterprise.
This was amazing! An entire Space Shuttle under one roof!
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