Furlough Advantages: Extra Special Homeschool Field Trips

We were just a few hours from Washington, DC so we decided to take Sarah and Kristin to see our nations capitol. They were born in Costa Rica and raised mostly in Puerto Rico, so we wanted to show them some impressive things in the US before we returned to the field.

We stayed in Frederick, Maryland and drove 20 min. To the DC Metro station and took the DC Subway into the heart of Washington. The first day we took a night tour of the monuments and memorials. I always find the Lincoln memorial impressive, but this was the first time I saw the WWII memorial, the FDR memorial and the Vietnam memorial.

All these places are very touching and impressive. The most beautiful was the new WWII, with many fountains. The Jefferson memorial is good too, especially the view of the Washington monument reflected in the bay that separates them. We were very tired, but each place was fascinating and drew us to explore till we took the midnight train back up the line to the Shady Grove station and drove back exhausted to our hotel in Frederick, MD.