Flashback - Washington DC

When I was going into the 8th grade my dad took me, Danny and Heidi on a business trip with him to Washington DC. That is the first time (that I can remember at least) that I went to DC. We drove the van to DC and one of my dad's co-workers drove with us instead of flying (I guess he got to pocket the extra cash....otherwise I don't know why you would ride in a non air-conditioned vanogen with 3 kids).

Most of the days I remember my dad spent in meetings so Danny, Heidi and I were on our own with subway passes, packed lunches and $20 (which I was in charge of since I was the oldest). I'm sure we went to see some of the sites but the things I remember the most are:

• The bum at the mall (you know the big grass park one) who pulled a half eaten hot dog with mustard on it out of the trash can and ate it. I'm pretty sure that is the first thing we told my mom about our trip to DC.
• Sitting outside of the museums as still as we could to see if bird poop would land on us. The game was whoever didn't get hit with bird poop won. For the life of me I can't remember the outcome but I remember sitting there forever with poop all around us.
• Eating pizza with my dad at some underground shopping mall.
  

These pictures prove we actually did sight see.

Me & Heidi at the Air & Space Museum
(that was my favorite outfit - I even bought it with my own babysitting money)

Heidi posing on a light post outside the capital

I have so many fond memories of that trip. I hope Tayson remembers his trip when he's old like me.