Girls Trip - Day 3 and 4

On their third day in Washington, I took my mom and sisters to Georgetown to do a little shopping and, of course, make a little pit-stop at Georgetown Cupcake. Later that day we ventured over to Ford's Theater (which was closed), and then walked home past the FBI Building, The Old Post Office and all those lovely govt. buildings that line the mall. We ended the night at Shake Shack, where ironically, the shakes aren't actually very good. It's the burgers they are famous for.

On Saturday, we drove down to Mount Vernon. It was so wonderful as it is privately-owned and was still open during the ridiculous shutdown. (Although the dirty parks department tried to make them close down by barricading their parking lots--gotta love shady, no-good politicians--but the owners just moved them, telling the govt something along the lines of go fly a kite). Mount Vernon was incredibly crowded but so beautiful. We started by catching some lunch at the adorable little Inn that sits on the property. The food was delicious, so down-home farm fresh delicious.

Washington's estate sits on a hill overlooking the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia. The grounds are so beautiful and the home itself was really well preserved. I could have sat in the rocking chairs on the back porch for hours, the view is breathtaking. The women that own the estate even got a bill passed in Virginia that any homes on the other side of the river cannot be built above the treeline so that visitor's to the estate see the exact same view that Washington saw. It was a little sad to be there, at the home of easily our nation's greatest leader during a time when the leaders of this country are basically all despicable (across party lines).

On our way back from Mount Vernon we stopped at Iwa Jima (after a rude introduction to the lovely freeway and bridge system here). It was just starting to glow in the twilight. It's one of my favorite monuments.