Day 5....DC and Donald's

(From Wednesday)

Natalie and I went into DC again for more museum bouncing. Yes, well, honestly that meant only two museums :P. This really is not a bad quota for a day though. I mean the Smithsonian museums are chalk full of displays, so two in a day is not bad, if not even too much. But our method of museum viewing was not as intensive as some. For example, we did not stop at all the displays in each museum and did not read every board and plaque with information on it.

We got into DC via the Metro and headed on over to the National Museum of American History. This museum basically captures any and everything from the establishment of the US as a nation all the way up to pop culture today in our great nation. It was fairly extensive, though it let me down. Back some years ago my family and I visited DC, and I think we came to this same museum. This last time though they did not have a display they had last time (unless I just missed it). It was a Star Trek phaser! (Geek? Yes! Awesome? Heck ya!) But not this time around, no phaser to be found. Though I must say that I did not search the whole museum, so I might have overlooked it :/ I went into the pop culture section and you would think it would have been there....nope. So ya, a disappointment, but we saw some other cool and crazy displays.

The thing is museums are full of so much rich knowledge and facts, yet they are very overwhelming with their extensive data and media displays. It would take at least a day or two to soak everything up from just one museum, though after a day I probably would have got bored of that museum. :/

After the American History Museum, Natalie and I traversed up and down DC roads to locate some nourishment. We finally found a McDonald's to fulfill our hunger. After devouring fries, a chicken sandwich, some chicken nuggets, and a Bacon Ranch salad, Natalie and I, with Strawberry shake and soft drink in hand, respectively, found our way to museum #2.

The second museum we went to is the National Air and Space Museum. (Yes, from my above comment you can imagine that this is probably my favorite museum.) The Air and Space Museum is full of planes, rockets, capsules, and crazy technology, which is cool! Let me tell you what. It was crazy, though, that there was a line coming out of the building to get in, it was free, but quite unusual for a museum to be so busy. But we got in fine and were able to see some cool things: a replica of Sputnik 1, different space capsules, multiple rockets, etc. :)

After that we took the Metro to the station near home and then drove home.

Later, I went back to the Metro station to pick Laura up and then went home to eat dinner. After we played mini golf near their house :) Laura won. :/ :)

Tomorrow Natalie and I are just going to stay home and hangout their.