The weekend after our Atlanta trip, Ken's family came to visit us. His brother and sister-in-law had not been to the area before, and so we had the full range of tourist potential available. We went on the Tourmobile, which mainly served to remind me of all the things that we have not yet done in the district, even after living here for over a year. We stopped at Union Station for lunch, and just as our meals were being served to us, we were evacuated!
We spent more time in Old Town Alexandria than in the district. We walked down to the waterfront and saw some of the regular entertainment, most notably the musical goblet guy and the parrot people (these are not their official names). Ken's mom agreed to having her picture taken with a bird on her shoulder.
We took the trolley from the Potomac to the King Street metro station then walked up to the George Washington Masonic Memorial. Ken and I went there with my parents last winter, but there is so much to see and read that I wanted to do it again. Plus, the day was beautiful, and so the view from the top was a consolation for not going up in the Washington Monument (standing in line early in the morning did not rise to the top of anyone's must do in DC list). Also in Old Town, we toured Gadsby Tavern and had lunch there, and went on the Ghost and Graveyard Tour.
But being a tourist is really tiring, and so we also spent some nights in playing Wii. Fun for the whole family!
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