Capitol Idea
There are many benefits to living near DC. One of them is the proximity to a plethora of historical sites and museums. Over the weekend, we took the kids on a tour of the Capitol building, which I hadn’t been to in several decades.

Each small tour group has a separate guide who has a microphone that is wirelessly linked to the headphones of only the people on their tour. Worked really well, since you didn't have to strain to listen, or hear the conversations from other tours.

It's supposedly good luck to walk on this compass in the room directly below the Rotunda. So many people have stopped to touch it that it is worn into the ground. I rolled J and A over it a couple of times for good measure.

Statuary Hall. I actually got to sing here a couple of times while in high school. The acoustics are so good, you can stand on one side and whisper to somebody on the other side.
But, J wasn’t about to let us leave downtown without going to “his” museum, aka The Dinosaur Museum, aka The Natural History Museum.
And with that, another weekend day well spent.
February 2, 2012 at 5:50 pm
One of many advantages of living in the Washington, DC area. Great pictures, especially the one of all of you with the Capitol in the background. Almost didn’t recognize B…..way to go. What a fun day. I recall some just like this with my 2. Except not so much of the dinos. Good times.
February 3, 2012 at 12:01 pm
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February 3, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Thank you for the delightful tour.. Doing the tour and the Smithsonian are on my bucket list !!! Ya just have to love the dinosaurs..You go fella..