Day trip to Washington

We had a day trip to Washington D.C. the day after we arrived in Chicago.

We saw Lake Michigan on the way. Dexter had a lot of cookies.

As there was the Native American Festival at one of the Smithsonian museums, we had a Native American style meal for lunch. (Although it was not very authentic.)

Dexter and I fed squirrels from our palms.

After lunch we went to a beautiful park and had a rest.

Here's Dexter having a nap, here is Dexter being really cute, and here is Dexter attacking me.

It was a beautiful sunny day.

We went to National Museum of Natural History, we saw a lot of strange animals that are extinct.

There also was the World's biggest diamond. I wished it were mine.

We also saw a lot of War Memorials.

After walking a few miles along through Washington Park, we got to Lincoln Memorial. Here are some pictures of Dexter and me in front of Lincoln's statue.

Lincoln was looking at the Washington Monument straight ahead over the water.

We went to US Holocaust Memorial. I don't want to mention the details.

Then we walked to White House.

There was a gentleman(?) living in the house made with signs that reads "No War", "We want Peace" in the garden in front of White House.

We headed back to the airport via Metro and a bus.

It was a lot of fun despite the tight schedule. I'm sure Dexter wants to go back to Washington D.C as long as the museum admissions are still free. hehe