Washington D.C.

Our day in D.C. started a little differently than we had originally imagined. We decided to ride the train in due to costly and hard to find parking, and the fact that there seemed to be a lot of 8th grade trips taking place the same time we were back there. Well, 2 lightrail rides, 2 train rides, and 3 hours later we ended up in D.C.! Thankfully the Lord was gracious to us and allowed us to take it all in stride and have some fun with it!

Here is Tim and Kaylee - a little confused about which train to take

One of the beautiful buildings we saw - this on is the EPA

The Unite States Capitol

After we got to D.C. we ate lunch and then went to the National History Smithsonian.
A Future President?

The next stop was the Holocaust Museum. This was one Tim and I were really looking forward to seeing as we heard some pretty amazing things about it. Unfortunately, we are going to have to go back another time. When we got there this is what we saw:

The entire street was blocked off and there were a ton of Emergency Vehicles in front. Walking up we wondered what was going on because there were more news reporters and cameras than I have ever seen before. Here are just a few:

What we found out is that while we were in the national History Museum there was a shooting in the Holocaust Museum. A 80 something white supremisist shot a security guard upon entering the building. It was one of those moments when you realize God's protection over your life. If we had driven or been able to arrive in less than 3 hours we very well could of been in the building when it happened. We would not have been injured, but it would have been scary and a rather long ordeal. Thankfully we were not and we got to enjoy the rest of our day, along with some added benefits! Like seeing an FBI Command center truck, not something you see everyday!