Day 7: Hello DC!

Grant went to his firm meeting in the morning and the kids and I ate breakfast at the hotel and took it a bit slower. We took a Lyft and met him at Ford's Theater for a 2pm tour. The tour was really good and included a basement level museum all about Lincoln and then also entrance to the boarding house across the street where he actually died the next morning. The park ranger who did the talk in the theater was really good and informative. 

After Ford's Theater, we were not exactly sure what we wanted to do so we looked at what was near us and we were able to easily walk to the Smithsonian American History Museum. We stayed there exploring until it closed and then took another Lyft to Purple Patch, a Filipino restaurant in Mt. Pleasant, to have dinner with Tasha, Evan, and Rory. The food was delicious and we had a wonderful time catching up. Grant even sent a really fun "then and now" photo of the 4 of us together from dinner and from their wedding almost 18 years ago!

We rallied for a night walking tour of the monuments in the rain. It was more drizzly than rainy and we saw MLK, Eisenhower, and Lincoln. We wanted to see Jefferson too, but the kids and I were getting a little tired. Colton really enjoyed seeing a mom and baby dukes swimming in the Capitol Reflecting Pool. I was proud that the kids recognized the significance of the boulders at the MLK museum and how he led the walk in "making a way" for others.