staycation of sorts: 1 of 2

Last weekend, for a belated-anniversary celebration, we went to D.C. for the day and night. Although it was only a short little trip, we had such a glorious time there. It was lovely simply to walk around leisurely and not have too much to do.

One of the best parts of our trip was swimming. I chose our hotel based upon the fact that it had a huge outdoor swimming pool; and it's a good thing, too, because it reached 102 degrees that day. Although the water temperature was probably 90+, it was still nice just to be wet. We went swimming right when we checked in, later on in the afternoon, and then in the morning before we left, so we definitely got our money's worth. Swimming is such a novelty to us because Baltimore doesn't have very many swimming opportunities.

We walked around the National Portrait Gallery, our favorite museum in D.C. Note the nifty picture of Bobby Kennedy below, a personal hero of mine.

Some pretty stained glass:

We also visited Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was shot. They have the gun that killed him on display, which was fascinating, and the photo below shows where he was sitting when he was shot: