The next morning we went to Founding Farmers, which Katie found to be near where we were heading (Lafayette Park) and thought it looked good.
I splurged on beignets to share. They were very good!
Katie kept up with our food in photos (except the night we were out with other people).
We walked from there to Lafayette Park, enjoyed the little park, saw Lafayette himself,
and crossed the street for a view of the White House.
We had timed entry tickets to the National Archives that afternoon, but we had plenty of time before that. We opted to go to the National Gallery of Art (West) at my cousin’s recommendation.
There were many beautiful pieces.
Then this one, that I had to convince the girls that the dog was helping the fellow, not contributing to his demise!
While we were waiting a few more minutes to go to into The Archives, we caught this picture.
(It became a bit of a game…this one was from the day before, stopping for a break before dinner, as we got there too soon.)
Our next stop was The Archives, but no pictures may be taken in there. The Declaration was faded so as to be illegible, but the Constitution was more clear. Ironically, The Magna Carta was very legible, though older. My favorite unexpected find in that building was Almanzo Wilder (Laura Ingles Wilder’s husband)’s homestead claim.
We stopped at the Navy Memorial after we finished to make our plan for where to go next.
We opted for Kramers: a bookshop and restaurant in one.
It wasn’t my favorite, but Katie especially loved the fries (I think they added sugar).
We headed back a bit earlier, and had put six miles in that day. We got dessert from room service, since it was less than at the restaurant—Gabby and I split bread pudding and Katie got cookie ice cream. Last night there!
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