Washington D.C. and the rest of the weekend.

I was off work Saturday and Sunday so we decided to take advantage of it. On Saturday night, Collin and I went to dinner with Stacey and Jason. I work with Stacey at Upper Chesapeake. We went to a small mexican restaurant called La Tolteca. It is a hole in the wall but the margaritas and food are great, and I don't even like Mexican. Collin told the servers it was my bday so they placed a ridiculously huge sombrero on my head and Collin wore one too. The pictures are hilarious. After dinner, we went to a local pub named Looney's. This is where a lot of the local Bel Air kids go to hang out. It was a lot of fun.
On Sunday, Collin and I went to our Nation's Capitol, Washington D.C. I had been before when I was 10, but Collin had never been. I think we chose the worst day to go because it felt like it was 100 degrees outside. We started at the Smithsonian Museums. Our first stop was the Natural History Museum. It was a little disappointing. It would probably make a great place to take children, but it was a little boring. Afterwards, we went to the National Air and Space Museum. This museum was a little more interesting with all of the planes and shuttles. I do not recommend the flight simulators unless you are 5. We rode in one and even a 10 year-old kid looked back at me and laughed.
After the museums, we went down to the Washington Monument. All of the tickets had been give out so we weren't able to take a tour. This seemed to be our theme of the day. We saw the Capitol and White House as well, but did not tour it. We also saw the Lincoln Memorial and Vet Memorial Wall.
This is all very easy to do on foot, but I wouldn't recommend it in hot weather. It made the day a lot less enjoyable. After we got back to our car, we drove to see the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery. Both are less than 2 miles from D.C. We drove around the perimeter of the Pentagon. It was not as big as I thought it would be. You could still see where the plane hit on 9/11. Afterwards, we drove over to the cemetery. They ushered us into the parking lot and not one guard told us the cemetery was closed until we walked all the way to the entrance, and yes, they made us pay for parking and we saw nothing. We weren't real thrilled about that.
We have decided we'll go back to do all the tours and see the cemetery and Mount Vernon. Lesson Learned: Be prepared and don't go when it's 100 degrees outside unless you are P.Diddy and someone is willing to carry your umbrella.