DC day 1

Driving into DC was tough, highway driving heavy rain - No one sticking to the speed limit. We made it and checked into a really nice hotel just outside the city. 
We started off at the Smithsonian museums for an entire day.

 


Entrance to Main Museum

From the Movie - Night of the Museum. T-Rex Stood in the Door way.

There were many excellent Full replicas on display.

Someones Kid

Mammoth

Full size Blue Whale

When we said we went Diving and saw a Jelly Fish, This is exactly what we swam with, Only a smaller one with shorter tentacles 

 


These guys came to life during the Night at the Museum

My Favorite Photo - Caught him mid air

 
 Skippy !

This next section of this Museum was focused on the amazing technology we have today.

This is actual Real Time Earthquake detection based on the past 2 hours. This is considered normal movement.

 When we arrived at this section, There were a lot of people taking photos of this - hope stone - I thought I'd take a shot as well just to fit in. 
Man the security was tight in this room, enough to make you feel really claustrophobic.





Lunch Time:

This was strange, So bad that I had to take a photo. Yes a 
Mac Donalds on wheels !

Anyway this was lunch. 









Next Stop: Air and Space Museum - still apart of the Smithsonian museums.


Did you know the Wright Brothers actually learned to fly by building kites

A replica of the wright brothers world record holding plane.

During the War, the navigator got the front seat, Literally the front seat. This is where I would want to sit, In front of First Class !

This might just well be the future, Cars that can drive themselves. This particular car won a crossing of some dessert unmanned and unassisted. This course of this race is not known until 1 hour before the race starts. 

 

 There was a full scale space rocket training module on display. This is the drivers seat.











Living Quarters - we could walk through the module on a defined path.










 

Fitness bike and showering tube.

Out of all of the displays in this area, This one is a little sad, Monkeys were sent to space to test the atmosphere conditions. This little guy made it back alive. Take a close look at that cradle, one hand over his chest on the outside and the other hand protecting his crown jewels.

These are all of the landing sites for the Apollo missions, There were a lot of samples and experiments they performed. 1 display was a piece of moon rock, and an Iphone hard cover. I thought this was a comparison for school kids. But just as i was about to take a photo, some kid walked up and took his phone back. I just felt so dumb, this kid must have been watching me like a hawk.

 

 Speaking of Hawk, This is a unmanned Drone, actual size.

Tomahawk

Model Air Craft Carrier

 Our last stop for the day was the American History Museum.

Wizard of OZ shoes

 A collection of old sound recording and playback devices from the past century. Check out the iPod, really. Is it that old already?

My Mate Kermit the Frog

Big day on the town tomorrow. Can't believe we only just saw the museums today, this place is huge.