DC – Day 3

by Shane Holden – September 5, 2011

Today we spent most of the day touring the massive Smithsonian buildings, art galleries and the National Archives. It’d be hard to ever come to DC without checking out our founding documents. We got caught in a downpour as we left the Smithsonian as it was closing. It’s amazing how unthoughtful the staff of the museum was on making everyone, most without umbrellas, leave the building with it absolutely pouring down. We made it to the National Museum of the American Indian, where we sat with many other people while waiting on it to slack up. When it looked like it was finally over, we made our way to some of the other museums that were still open, and walked up to Ford’s Theatre. Of course it was closed, but that and the building that they took Lincoln to would be another nice tour to take sometime.