Washington DC day 2

We woke up, checked out of the hotel, and drove into DC.  We had a parking spot saved, which was nice, but we were early for our tickets to Ford's theater.  We decided, since we had time, that we would walk to see the White House.  Unfortunately, you can't go to the front of the White House very easily, there was a long line. So we went to the back and took pictures.

We did a little more meandering. It was neat to see all the buildings.

We then went on a tour of Ford's Theater, the museum, the Petersen House (where he died), and the history center on Lincoln.  It was cool to hear about the history.

We went to the National Mall and made our way to the Smithsonian Museums.  

We went to the National History Museum and Courtney got to relive her Night at the Museum dreams.

When it was time for lunch, leave it to Courtney to find a Chick-fil-A.  It was in Chinatown but that was cool to walk around.

We ended the day at the Holocaust Museum.  We were pretty tired so we didn't spend as much time there as would have if we had started there.  But it was interesting and very sobering to think what happened to all the Jews.

We then drove back to Richmond for our flight the next morning.  When we got to Richmond, we had time to go see the temple before it was too late. The open house had just finished that day and the dedication would be taking place in about a month.  We were too late to get on the grounds but it was beautiful from far.