Outing

One of the (many) things that I love about living in Richmond is that we are close enough to Washington, D.C., to make the occasional day trip up there. Yesterday was one of those occasions because John's parents are visiting for Christmas. We braved the cold weather (the wind chill was below freezing!) and scoped out the National Christmas Tree. None of us had ever seen it in person before. We discovered that around the base of the tree is a ton of model train displays, which absolutely captivated both boys. Every state and territory also creates ornaments for their own small tree which all surround the National Christmas Tree. Pretty impressive display!

Couldn't quite get the sign, but these are the Virginia boys by the Virginia tree!

 Part of the fun of having a new camera is testing out some of the fun features and settings on it.

 

The sole museum we visited on this trip was the Newseum, a museum entirely dedicated to news history. We spent a good three hours there and felt like we could have used a second day to go through everything. There were some pretty impressive exhibits, including actual portions of the Berlin Wall, a radio tower recovered from the World Trade Center, and a beautiful exhibit featuring the Pulitzer Prize winning photographs since the 1940s. Definitely worth it.

 The Berlin Wall

The radio tower from the WTC