Washington DC Trip: Day 6

Our last full day in Wash DC. We knew we wanted to spend this last Saturday enjoying the time and revisiting some of our favorite sites. The very first thing we did was to use our tickets we had to go to the very top of the Washington Monument. It is so impressive at 555 feet and the world's tallest stone monument. We were the very first group to go up and we have always enjoyed going to the top of building and monuments to get a great view of the city.

Here is the view from the top of the Washington Monument.

We spent most of the morning over on that end of town and had to do some souvenir shopping. After lunch we took the Metro out to see Arlington Cemetery. It is a very special and respectful place where so many men and women ae burried that served our country. There are hundreds of rows or these white tombstones that span the entire area. It is incredibly humbling.

Here is a picture of some of the tombstones in Arlington.

We are lucky enough to have some relatives out that way. My cousins Jana, Kemper, and their cute little girl, Alice, met up with us after Arlington and we went and had dinner and they showed us some last sights on our way back to the hotel.
We had another great day and sadly it was our last day in DC. We've had a wonderful time here and Jason keeps talking about all of the things we are going to do the next time we come out here. I'm assuming that is his way of saying that he enjoyed it. For me it was wonderful to see some of the sites I saw a long time ago and to be able to share it with Jason.