We left Wednesday and took our flight. It was on time (Thankfully!) and we had no real troubles other than the fact that we were traveling with two young children and had the usual troubles (i.e. temper tantrums, poopy diapers, etc.) For the most part it was tolerable. Driving is easier though!
Thursday bright and (semi) early we packed up Uncle Dan and Auntie Ana's amazing mini van (Yes it solidified that I want to be a mini van mom) and headed to Maryland. Many a stop and 5 states later (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virgina and Maryland) We finally arrived at our hotel at about midnight. Needless to say we skipped the wedding breakfast the next morning.
Friday we had a blast going into WA DC. It was awesome! I haven't been there since I was 12 and it brought back some great memories. We had our first experience with the DC Metro and Amtrack. We saw Union Station (HUGE!!!) the Capitol Building, and the Smithsonian, unfortunately we only had time to visit two museums. (The Museum of Flight and The Museum of Natural History) They were both amazing and fun. We had to get back semi early for a shower for the bride and groom so we took off back to Union Station. We saw our train was leaving in minutes so we headed straight for the train and asked the conductor if the train was going to Baltimore. He said it was. Did you know there are two trains that go to Maryland? Yeah. Neither did we. Next think you know we got on the wrong train! Oh goodness! Our train was going to take us to the Ghetto! Thankfully there was a stop near our hotel (not in the ghetto) and we were able to get off. Poor Uncle Dan and Auntie Ana had to rescue us! Oh I forgot to mention our car was at the other station so they had to go pick that up and then come rescue us. They were totally awesome about it even though we made them 2 hours late for the party. Needless to say we learned our lesson on that one. We had a great time at the party though. Here are some pictures of the first 3 days of our vacation:
Kaylie on the carousel at the Mall
Kaylie at the Museum of Flight
Capitol Building
Us at Union Station (Sophie is on my back)
Waiting in the train station to be rescued
