The theme of our spring break trip to DC was…
“WHAT WERE WE THINKING”
So, we knew it was going to be a busy and crowded time to go. Crowds don’t typically discourage us from doing things, but this was beyond what I ever imagined. MISERABLE! We did not do half of the things we had planned on doing and the breakdown of our time was as follows.
65% – waiting in bumper to bumper traffic
25% – looking for parking (and paying a FORTUNE for it) We did take the metro to some places, but had to take the car sometimes too.
10% – waiting in LONG lines
…does that equal 100%? I am not real good at math.
Our first destination attempt was the Zoo.
This was what it was like inside. EVERYWHERE. And imagine trying to get a big, bulky stroller around in this crowd…”What were we thinking”
We did manage to see some of these cuties…but it took a lot of waiting, pushing, dirty looks and fighting!
This display cracked me up. I was not aware that Bees & Wasps were a Zoo attraction. No thank you!
I was so excited to take Colton to the Zoo because he LOVES animals and calls them all “dog dog”. We knew he would be so excited. But this is what happened after being there only a few minutes…
This child has NEVER…NEVER…NEVER fallen asleep in his stroller, and this is the day he finally does! AAAAGH!
Adam was SO EMBARASSED to take the picture below. I thought he was going to cry!
The next day we planned to do the Museums. first up was Air & Space.
Adam with the “Spirit of St. Louis”
Then we tried American History. We waited in a long line in the rain to get inside. Once inside it was so crowded that we could hardly move so we left. So frustrating.
We checked out of our hotel at this point and got in our car to GET OUT OF TOWN!
We went shopping at some outlets and IKEA! Ahhhhh…much better! Stayed at a nice hotel in Woodbridge and the kids enjoyed the indoor pool. So sad that this was the highlight of everyone’s trip.
Lesson learned. NEVER try to go to DC on Spring Break.
