Washington DC

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We only had one day to check out the capital, so had to leave the park early to get the metro in to the Mall where all the monuments and museums are. It was really easy to get around..we ended up doing quite a lot of walking but was definitely better than taking a tour bus.

We walked along the mall to the Lincoln Memorial which was at the opposite end to the Capitol. On the way we passed the Washington Memorial and the WWII Memorial.

From there we headed back via the White House. You could get a decent view from the fence, but it was a fair distance away.

We planned to visit two or three museums. The first one we went to was the holocaust memorial museum. It was really busy and we had to wait a while before we could go into the main exhibit. It was really interesting..though it did leave us feeling a bit depressed afterwards!.. but I'm really glad we went in. We had some more light-hearted visits planned for the afternoon anyway!

We went on to the Air & Space Museum next. We didn't spend as much time here as it was pretty crowded..so we just had a look at all the aircraft..making sure we saw all the famous ones!

We then went to get some food and check out a few shops before going to the cinema

We left there yesterday. We're basically driving for a few days now until we get to Florida. We were about 6 hours on the road yesterday, passing through Virginia and we then stayed in West Virginia last night.

Today we had another 6 hour drive to Tennessee. We passed through Ohio and Kentucky on the way to our park near Bristol. Only a 3 hour drive tomorrow to North Carolina! Should be in Florida in 4 days or so.