Washington DC part 2

On our second day in DC we went to the Pentagon and to Arlington cemetery. It was extremely hot and tiring. We walked everywhere. We started our day at the Pentagon. Mike's uncle Randy works there and was kind enough to give us a tour. It was amazing to see everything. Uncle Randy is the assistant to the assistant of the head of the army. When we walked in and said who we were going to see, we got some very interesting looks. We were told that the Pentagon is the size of three empire state buildings- its huge! The coolest part of the tour was when we got to stand in the room where the plane hit the pentagon on 9/11. The memorial inside of that room is beautiful.

Unfortunately we couldn't take any pictures inside or outside the pentagon so I don't have any evidence of our trip there so you'll just have to take my word for it. Its amazing- a lot of walking but amazing. If you're ever in DC, I suggest planning a tour of the Pentagon- if you don't mind walking :)


Arlington was......ok. If you have ever been to Arlington, you know that you have to walk everywhere and its huge. I wouldn't have minded the walking if it hadn't been so HOT! I was so tired by the time we got to this point that I wasn't too excited about walking everywhere but I went with everyone else. Mike, Josh, my dad and I went to see the tomb of the unknown soldier which is always a neat experience. My mom decided to trek up the hill and see Arlington House at the top overlooking DC.





We also got to see the eternal flame and the graves of JFK and Jackie Kennedy.



After Arlington we walked to the Lincoln Memorial. I was in the beginning stages of heat exhaustion at this point so I didn't enjoy this too much but as tired as I was...this monument still took my breath away. Its beautiful and I still say that Lincoln got the best monument in DC. Its huge and beautiful.





Overall, I would say that day 2 was definitely the hardest for me since we were out in the sun for the majority of the day and it was really hot. The trip was still fun though. The Pentagon was the highlight of the day but the Lincoln Memorial was definitely second (it probably would have been first if I hadn't been sick at the time).

Stay tuned for day 3 :)