national mall

We ventured out in DC on our own one day. Rusty dropped us off near the Washington Monument so we could rent BOB the stroller. I have to give credit where credit is due. Renting that stroller was the best idea Michael has had in awhile. $25 well spent.

Here's BOB at the Lincoln Memorial. Do you have any idea how long the walk is from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial? A lot farther than it looks on tv. 

Before climbing the steps to see Abe.

View from the top.

I don't know if it was the heat, all the people up there, or the heat, but it was HOT! Like dripping sweat hot up there. It took about 5 minutes for us to take these pictures and the girls were done. Honestly, I was too.

This nice lady offered to take a family picture of us. It would have been nice to have Abe's face in the picture, but I'm not complaining. The fact that she used my big Canon camera in the first place was positive. I'll take what I can get.

Addison took this one of us. An interesting perspective.

From there we headed back towards the museums, all the way on the other side of the mall. We took in the sights along our walk. The White House.

Before returning BOB to the rental place we made one pass by the Capitol Building.

Look at us being selfless. Michael and I had to give up our sunglasses to get a picture. It's a little rough, but it works.

Up next: museums!