One of the highlights of our trip was getting to go to the top of the Washington Monument. We scheduled it for the last day we were in town, but we should have done it first.
The views from the top were amazing. For a directionally challenged person like myself, seeing everything from above really helped me get oriented. Dave was a little nervous about the trip to the top (he's not a fan of heights), so he kept the camera glued to his face so he could forget about the height.
They have a set number of visitors they let in the monument each day. Thankfully we had ordered our tickets online beforehand because they were sold out by 8:05 am that morning (they begin selling tickets at 8am). Crazy.
The coolest thing about the monument is something you don't get to see much of anymore. As you travel back down, the guides slow the elevator down and you get to see the inside of the monument. As they were building the monument, other localities would send stones to be included. Each stone has a story on it and they were amazing (what little we could see). I was told that they used to let you walk down the stairs to exit the monument. Then you could see all of the stones. They had to discontinue this because of security concerns. Bummer.
We also visited the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool. We were both disgusted by the Reflecting Pool. It was dried up and contained a lot of trash and other muck. It was really gross. I'm hoping it was because of the time of the year.
The Lincoln Memorial was impressive. It was crowded because of the rally but we were still able to get pretty close. I knew it was pretty large but it was actually huge!
Don't ask why that last picture is crooked. So many of picture turned out that way. I think one of Dave's legs is shorter than the other!
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