Washington DC vacation
Monday, June 15

Both Lisa and Jason were off work on Monday, so a trip to the Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles airport was in store. First we stopped at a national park (I can't remember which one) and ate lunch. It had a pond where you could fish, walking trails and neat bridges that went across a small stream. The boys enjoyed looking at the fish in the water, and jumping across a bridge made of concrete slabs in the water.

Uncle Jason, Aunt Lisa, Adam, Zach and Grammy.
Aunt Lisa, Grammy and Scott.
Jumping across the stream.The Udvar-Hazy Center was a good choice. What could be more exciting than seeing the Space Shuttle, space robots, and a life size Optimus Prime?

The cherry (or three) on top was rides for both boys in aircraft simulators finished off by ice cream at McDonald's and picking out a special treat at the museum store. Zach choose a miniature space shuttle aircraft and Adam chose an airplane that "flies" by rubber band. You see, once the airplane is put together correctly, the user is instructed to wind the propeller 80-100 times. We did not have high hopes for this flimsy $6 toy, but much to our surprise, it lasted the entire trip. Every night Adam would play with it in the backyard, tweaking the wings to see if he could get more distance than the last flight.