Washington DC Trip: Day 3

We woke up on this Wednesday ready to go and see some amazing things today. Our first item on the agenda was probably one of the hottest tickets in town and took over 3 months for us to get. We were lucky enough to get tickets in to the White House. We had to go through so many of the Utah Senator's offices to get our tickets and this was one where they couldn't guarantee us these tickets until just a few days before we left for DC. It was also one of the strictest security guidelines we had to follow out of all of the buildings we were going to visit. We weren't allowed to bring in any cameras, water, chapstick, cell phones, hats, or sunglasses. Basically we were able to have our ID on us and that was it. So obviously we don't have any pictures from that tour, but we will tell some stories from that later.

Here is a picture of the dome in the Capitol building. That was the second tour of the day that we were able to attend right after the White House. This was another tour that we had to go through Utah Senators offices to get. It was actually my favorite tour of the day because it was done really well and the tour guide was very personable.

Our final tour of the day was at the Library of Congress. Jason and I can't seem to stay away from universities and libraries when we travel, but they are always wonderful destinations. I can't believe what is held at the Library of Congress and how much they archive. Basically they collect everything from comic books, newspapers, encyclopedias, and even different versions of the Bible. It was such an interesting place that I wished we lived closer to it so that we could use it more often.

We had a great day that was busy and stuffed full of information. I think we are both still processing all of the amazing sites that we were able to see today and extremely grateful that we were able to plan and prepare far enough in advance to do so. We can't wait for tomorrow.