With what has now seemingly become a fun family tradition, we began our journey to Hubby's run in the Army Ten-Miler on Sunday with a trip up to D.C. for a long weekend, much like years prior - 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015...
We left
yesterday evening and drove through the night, beginning our day at George Washington's Birthplace in Colonial Beach, VA...
Though there is a home on the property, it was built as a memorial years before the actual foundation of the home where the president was born was uncovered...
before booking it on to D.C. for our scheduled White House tour!!!
Tours of the White House currently include portions of the East Wing, and much of the first floor.
For our tour, we entered on the ground floor through the East Wing and got to peek in on the Library, the Vermeil Room, and the China Room, before ascending the staircase to the first floor...
{view of the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden towards the South Portico}
{walking up the Grand Staircase}
Exploring the first floor, we were in for such a treat, as we got to visit the East Room (the largest room in the White House), the Green Room, the Blue Room, the Red Room, and the State Dining Room...
{view from the Blue Room}
before walking the cross hall, and exiting out the north portico...
More on tap for tomorrow...
Though there is a home on the property, it was built as a memorial years before the actual foundation of the home where the president was born was uncovered...
From there we made a quick stop at the nearby birthplace of President James Monroe...
before booking it on to D.C. for our scheduled White House tour!!!
Tours of the White House currently include portions of the East Wing, and much of the first floor.
For our tour, we entered on the ground floor through the East Wing and got to peek in on the Library, the Vermeil Room, and the China Room, before ascending the staircase to the first floor...
{view of the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden towards the South Portico}
before walking the cross hall, and exiting out the north portico...
What an awesome experience for the littles!
Having tried different methods for a couple of years, we had success this year requesting tickets through the office of one of our Senators. We requested tickets over the summer (about 3 months out from the weekend we planned to be in town), and got confirmation about 2 weeks out from our visit. I had actually forgotten about it and figured we had (yet again) not made it on the schedule.
Awesome, awesome, awesome is all I can say!
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