adventure to the city!

the Metro (the "subway" in the dc area) recently added to their route and came out towards us. so we went on an adventure into the city!

it took us 2 1/2 hours and $70 dollars to get there. so it wasn't a savings in ANY way. but i wasn't planning on it.

when i got tickets to go up the Washington Monument at 10 am, i didn't think about what time we'd need to leave our HOUSE to get there...and that we'd be with all the people going to work!

it was CROWDED. our car didn't fit in the parking garage...so we had to park 1/2 mile away...adding to our time and day on each end. AND, there seemed to be an unspoken rule that there is NO TALKING on the metro :/ well...my kids were SO excited, they talked up a storm and maybe drove everyone nuts...

but we made it. with 15 minutes to spare!

the monument has been under construction for years and you haven't been able to go up it. it just re-opened earlier this summer. you can no longer WALK up it, but you can take an elevator.

views from the top...

an amazing city!

we didn't hang around too long after.
heading back to our area...

there was no one on the train on the way back. she only did this once. then i made her sit. love lincoln reading the paper - ha!

i surprised them with lunch at chick fil a near where we got ON the metro.

and then surprised them further with cookies from a food truck in reston town center! it reminded us of the food trucks in seaside... :-)
i think these trucks are from dc??
i just happened to see something about them being out near us and it was perfect timing!

the truck with the cookies also had ice cream. and their flavor of the day was pina colada!! so i got some. and ate a cookie AND ice cream on a wednesday. i'm getting a little crazy over here!

it was a fun, fun day with my kids. they were SO good and SO grateful the whole time. we will all remember it for a long time.