We did lots of fun stuff, of course! Jared has pretty much seen everything in DC, but we did take him to the American History Museum which was closed when he was here last. We saw the statue of Albert Einstein, the Pentagon Memorial, the Dulles Air and Space Museum, the monuments at night, and even had time to fit in going to 5 Guys (a burger joint that is popular here). It was fun to have him here with us!
The funniest thing is that when Tyson and Jared get together, they start acting similar. It was just one of those things, I could tell they were both their father's sons. :) Ah, Walker boys are all the same...well, same same, but different :)
All the Walker boys love trains (American History Museum)
Reed and daddy on an old train in the American History Museum
American History Museum - riding the 'train'
Reed playing with all the fun stuff for kids in the American History Museum
Eating hot dogs = something you must do as a tourist in downtown DC
Jared loves Howard Hughes - I forgot what plane this is, but Jared knows.
The Pentagon Memorial
The sunset in DC is always so beautiful!
Jared with Elbert Einstein (I affectionately call him Alby).
The inside of Ford's Theatre - that booth was the one President Lincoln was sitting in when he got shot.
No explanation needed :)
The Space Shuttle Enterprise
The Enterprise
Enterprise, the back end
Reed just happy to be walking around
I believe it's called the SR-751, something like that.....seriously amazing!
If you have seen Transformers 2, this guy looks familiar.....On Tuesday, August 18th, we headed off for NYC by train! I was pretty excited to ride a train in the U.S., since none of us had ever done it. It was actually pretty impressive. It was a bit crazy getting there because we were going to drop our car off at my brother's house, first. Well, we ended up taking the wrong exit and DC is not forgiving if you miss an exit. So, instead of taking the bus from my bro's house, he ended up driving us so we would still be in time to ride the train! (Thanks, Ryan!!!) The train ride was cold!!!! I didn't think I would need shoes other than flip flops and pants on, but I was wishing I had both. The weirdest thing about the train ride was that Reed was not there with us. This was a non-kid family trip - so, I felt a little empty when we left. Reed is just always with me, so it was weird to leave him for almost 1 week! But, we both survived :)
We got to NYC and Tyson's family (minus Tyson, Jared, and myself) had been there since about 7 am...they had gone on a red-eye from Las Vegas...always fun :( Needless to say, they were pretty tired, but that did not stop us from getting out and seeing all the cool stuff in NYC! We did way too much to go into detail about each one, but here are some highlights (yes, Kimber, I took this pretty much from your blog - thanks!):
- Tried to go to Guggenheim (but it was closed)
- Tried to go on a speed boat tour, but it was closed due to weather :(
- Rode in a taxi!!!!
- Empire State Building Observatory
- Grand Central Station
- Radio City Music Hall Tour
- Rockefeller Center
- Top of the Rock Observation Deck
- United Nations
- Ellis Island
- Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum
- Ground Zero
- Walking Tour of the Financial District
- Statue of Liberty
- NBC Studio Tour
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Battery Park
- Central Park
- Madison Square Garden Tour
- Serendipity III
- Wicked at Gershwin Theatre! (my favorite)
- Mets game
- Manhattan Temple
- Manhattan Museum of Art
- China Town
- Ate at a bunch of good restaurants including a Brasileira one!!!!
- Lots of hot dogs
- Lots of waiting in the sweaty subway!
Our gate to our first train ride in the United States! Woo woo!!!
First Amtrak experience - it was pretty nice!
Getting on the train to NYC
Madison Square Garden
First view of the Empire State Building on Tuesday
Our tour of Madison Square Garden - amazing building!
View from the Top of the Rock!
Radio City Music Hall - it was absolutely amazing!!!!
USS Intrepid
Times Square
Ellis Island
The Statue of Liberty was originally copper, but over 30 years it changed to green!
Manhattan from our boat!
Tyson's great-grandma Anna Allenbach (married a Zobrist) came from Switzerland to US via Ellis Island.
Pretty awesome view from the Empire State Building!
I actually think that I really look like my little sis, Kristy, in this photo (People tell us that frequently, but this one really does look like her). She is always doing this in pictures. This is us on top of the Empire State Building.
3 comments:
How fun! Your family is so cute. Kade and I talk about coming to visit you all the time.
Janae - I keep meaning to tell you we are moving out to Springfield at the end of this month. Do you guys live near there? I would love to catch up with you if you get some time! Where do you guys live at?
WOW you have been busy! Great shots!!! Someday I will go to New York and when I do...you can give me a list of the must see and do's :)
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