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This was the day for Smithsonian Museums. I'm still amazed that all of this is free.

We especially liked the Museum of American History. We did also visit the American Indian, Natural History, and Air and Space Museums. We were surprised at what a great cafeteria they had in the American History Museum and wound up eating there two different days. The best salad bar.

              The Hope Diamond is just stunningl! And BIG!

Then we took a side trip to Ford's Theater and found that the theater was actually closed that day for a play rehearsal. We did, however, get to go through the house where he died. And since we are from Kentucky we have now seen the house where Lincoln was born and the house where he died.

Stampin' Up's final Pillow Gift that night is truly a book that I will treasure. There are so many things to remember from this fabulous trip.

This is one very tired gal tonight so I'm just posting some random photos of part of our day including the Lincoln Memorial, the Capitol, and The Botanical Garden. It was a perfect day. The first statue is exact replica of the one on top of the Capitol Dome. The statue of President Reagan has a piece of the Berlin Wall in the base and therefore has a guard posted by it at all times. After we got back to our hotel late afternoon we saw the Presidents motorcade drive right by. That was very exciting even if we couldn't see him. Lots of motorcycles, black cars, helicopters overhead and ambulance following at the end. Word on the street was he was on his way to a dinner at Capital Hill.

Just one of the many who greeted us at the airport today.

Lynn Ann and I grabbed a quick lunch

After a little exploring, brief rest, and fun dinner out with other demonstrators and their guests we got back to our room to find a Pillow Gift from Stampin' Up. These yummies are from Georgetown Cupcakes. And of course the box done in Stampin' Up style is just as yummy.