Virginia's Life, Such As It Is!: A Day in D.C. at Air & Space and American Indian Museums (Road Trip 2014)

Thursday, July 3, 2014

A Day in D.C. at Air & Space and American Indian Museums (Road Trip 2014)

Road Trip 2014

Day 5: Washington D.C.

National Air & Space Museum

National Museum of the American Indian

My dad and I took my three youngest kids, my niece, and her boyfriend down to D.C. on the Metro for the day. I'll let the pictures tell the story, though it is only a small sampling of everything we saw! Great day!

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Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum

I had sort of a hard time connecting with the exhibits here. I am not a technological person. The ones I liked most were pieces I could relate to more familiar people from American history, like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh.

Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis
- first non-stop flight from New York to Paris

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega -
first solo transatlantic flight by a woman
and first non-stop flight across USA by a woman

German war plane

Apollo 2 command module Columbia -
first manned lunar landing mission

Apollo Lunar Module #2

Skylab
First USA space station
1973-1979

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

I definitely fit in better here than at Air & Space. I love people, history, and art. I would have enjoyed more time here all by myself. I also would have loved an extended solo trip to the National Gallery of Art. Maybe next time...