NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS

I hope you aren't sick of my Washington DC pictures just yet. I'm telling you, this trip was unreal! The day we decided to hit up the National Mall and Memorial Parks, D.C. surprised us with 75 degree weather. We took full advantage of the day and rented bikes through Capital Bikeshare, riding around town and making stops wherever our little hearts decided. If you are in town for only a short while and want to see all that DC has to offer, I highly recommend these bikes. National Mall and Memorial Parks is quite bigger than you would imagine. I don't think we would have been able to see it all just on foot (or at least without our feet killing us by the end of the day). For just $7.00, you can ride your bikes around to each monument, museum or central location, leave your bike at a station, walk around, and then hop back on again to your next stop. Download the free DC Bikes app and it will tell you where the nearest bike station can be found. Whoever thought of this was a genius!

Sidenote: I kept telling Eric I really wanted to see the National Mall before anything. He reluctantly agreed and once we got there he said "What is this?!" in a surprised voice. I told him it was the National Mall, where all the historical monuments and memorials were. All this time he thought that the National Mall was a shopping center. Why he thought this when he's been to DC before, I will never know. I know he's going to be mad at me for sharing this little story with you all, but it was too good not to be shared! And he calls me the ditsy one...

It was so incredible to be surrounded by so much history and beautiful pieces of artwork. We were there for only a week but every time I got off the metro and walked up the stairs to see the Washington Monument my jaw dropped. How people can walk by that every day and not die of pure happiness is beyond me! DC, I love you!