i took my youngest niece on a 5 day trip to washington dc over presidents day-what fun! she is 12 and this is only her 3rd plane trip-so it was quite and adventure for her- as we like to call it “the 4 states in 5 days trip” ( we streched the rules a bit-we had a stop in nashville, we landed in bwi, stayed in DC, and went to virginia.

the weather was so good to us-i was walking around georgetown last monday in a tee shirt! the highlite of the trip for my niece was seeing dorthy’s ruby slippers - a close second was the elevator ride to the top of the washington monument ( aunt mavis got up bright and early sunday morn to wait in line for tix) we fit alot into 5 days-the zoo, most of the smithsonian museums ( the renwick gallery was my favortie.)  we did all of the monuments, memorials, and most of the sights-we did arlington, visited the library of congress-( the beautiful celings and mosaiced floors are a must see) took the metro everywhere ,the redline went under construction the day we left-perfect timing! did we see everything-of course not- it just means we’ll have to go back!