AIDAN'S TRIP JOURNAL, WASHINGTON D.C.-JUNE 17--JULY 1, 2014

Aidan’s Trip Journal

Washington D.C. – June 17 – July 1, 2014

Age 11

With GiGi, Grandpa Don, Chayton, Bryce, Aidan and Brendan

Washington D.C. – Day 1

I am really excited for the D.C. Trip. I am in the house that we are going to stay in for 3 days. I want to go to the Smithsonian. Particularly the art museum. It has been good so far. The plane ride was long, but worth it. I also really want to see the White House and Jamestown. The back yard is very nice and has a river flowing through it. That is what they have instead of a fence. The river marks the boundary. It is nice to go with Chayton, Bryce, and Brendan instead of just me and Brendan. Dinner is bound to be good because Grandpa and Gigi are such good cooks. The house that we are staying in right now is very old and has kind of a less strong smell of the new car smells. Well, this is me logging off. Bye

Washington D.C. – Day 2

Yesterday was a very fun day at D.C. Me, Bryce, and Chayton made a dam in the creek, and it was actually knee deep. Then we made 2 more dams so we each had our own dams. When we were going inside to be done for the day, we saw a rope swing in our yard. We put on our shoes, and tried it out. We went so far. We got Brendan to come and Bryce accidentally got it stuck up on a branch, so Brendan came and saved the day. He climbed up the tree and lifted the rope above the branch. He got it down, and we swung on it until we left. What did we leave for? The National Air and Space museum. It was very interesting there. There was what looked like a bath tub, but was a hovercraft that military people used. Not to mention the space capsule that Felix Baumgartner jumped out of who was sponsored by Red Bull and GoPro was there. Dinner was Burgers, and Grandpa Don and Gigi are such good cooks. Although their fries were a little bit hard, I still fell asleep at the dinner table. Well, got to go. Bye.

Washington D.C.  – Day 3

Yesterday was so cool. We got to see hundreds of "not"Jewish "religous right wing" people protest about gay marriage should be I league at the Capital. Then we walked all the way down to the Washington Monument. After that, I rolled down the hill and started for the reflection pond. Then we went for the Lincoln memorial.
It was really cool to see him, his speech and the reflection pond. After we headed towards the Vietnam memorial. There were so many people. Just about 50,000 people. That is a lot. Then, we went to have lunch in a park, and we had an intense game of water bottle volley ball. Then we went home. Had a delicious dinner, brownies, a shower and went to bed.

Washington D.C. – Day 4

Yesterday was so cool. We went to the American History Museum. There were lots of things to see like a 1949 mustang, or Tomas Jefferson's desk. We also saw things like a World War II jeep and Edison's first lightbulb. We also had a very big treasure hunt throughout the museum. There were so many things. Almost 30. But we got them all. Grandpa was so shocked. He thought we would only get half. Wrong! For a prize we got 1 free simulator rides (which is now on YouTube). We chose superstition as our theme. Then we went home. We worked on our water slide a little bit and swung on the swing. Then we had a delicious Taco dinner, but ran out of tortillas. I wonder why Gigi had 2, Grandpa had 2, I had 3, Brendan had 4, Bryce had 5 and Chayton had 5. That was dinner and for dessert, we had Brownies and ice cream. that's it. Shower and bed.

Washington D.C.  – Day 5

Yesterday was really cool. We went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. There were lots of things to see like The hope diamond or all the minerals.

You can also see dinosaur bone layouts of a body and a giant elephant. Then we had lunch, went back to the museum and explored for another 2 hours. We then left the museum and went back to the house. We went on the the swing and played in the creek. Then we watched TV for a while. When an episode was over, I went to go on the swing and saw a turtle.

I quickly ran up got Chayton, Bryce and Brendan. They all ran down , decided to keep him and named him Mr.Turtle. We put it down the water slide and bring him to a plastic container. Then we had a dinner of frozen pizza, had Jello for desert, took showers and went to bed. 

Texts Day 5 (Saturday) between Aidan, Chayton, Mom and Dad

C: Pic and dc texts 

 Washington D.C. 7 & 8 Day seven of the Washington D.C. Trip was held out on the road. It was a long trip, but somehow we survived. For lunch we had Wendy's. It was good. I had a Cheeseburger with fries and a drink. Then we went back on the road and got to the resort in about thirty minutes. Then we went swimming and had dinner. Dinner was spaghetti served with salad. Then we had dessert, took a shower and went to bed. The next morning we woke up and had breakfast. That was Eggs and Bacon. Then we set off for Colonial Williamsburg. There were lots of different things to see like like Tomas Jefferson, or the governor's mansion. There was also a giant bush maze. Then we went to some gift shops, and went back to the car to have lunch and left. We went back took a swim, and played volleyball and ping pong. By then it was time for dinner. We went out so I had a Jumbo Cheeseburger, and the rest had Gyros. We came back, played hockey in the basketball court and went back to our room. There we had dessert, took our showers and went to bed. 5:10 AM
 

 Washington D.C. 9 Yesterday was pretty cool. We went to Jamestown and Yorktown. At Jamestown we saw the church and the statue of John Smith. At Yorktown we saw a cannon, and a musket fire. We also saw there camp site. There was also a 1790s farm to show us how farming was back in the day. It was very interesting. That is why I like Yorktown better. After those two, we had lunch and went back to the resort. Us kids went to went to the pool. We played Ping pong and went back. For dinner we had Hotdogs and spaghetti. Then we took showers,and went to bed. That day we went to bed early because there is a special event tomorrow. 5:11 AM

Washington D.C. 11 Yesterday was very interesting. We went to Mt. Vernon.

We saw lots of things like his mansion, or his dentures. We even saw Cherry trees in his garden. We went to his farm and saw his old tomb and his grave. There was a museum with a 4-D movie. It shook when cannons fired, and when they spent the winter in Valley Forge, it had snow coming down from the ceiling. After all of that was over, we went back to the old house and played hide and seek. Then a little after that we had dinner of tacos( I had 5, Brendan had 5, Bryce had 5 and Chayton had 5)and we went to bed.



Washington D.C. 12 Yesterday was a cool day. We went to the American Indian Museum. There were lots of things to see like a hand made Canoe, or a pray dance thing. But my personal favorite is a answering machine. There are three answering machines with three buttons you push for choosing your answer, and the screen asks a question. Whoever selects the right answer first wins. Then we had lunch in their Cafe. After Lunch, we went to the National Air and Space Museum. There were lots of things to see there too. I really liked the Wright brothers plane. I think it is astonishing that a person could actually fly in that. They probably didn't know about physics back then, so they must have been randomly experimenting. After that Air and Space Museum, we went back home. We played hide and seek, and watched a movie until dinner was ready. Dinner was Barbecued Chicken with corn, and it was delicious. Then we had dessert of ice cream and brownies, took showers, and went to bed.
Washington D.C. 13 Yesterday was a sad day. We went to the Air Force Memorial. There were lots of names,and some medal of honors. There was also a statue of 4 army men with an American flag. After that memorial, we went to the Pentagon Memorial. That is there to remember the people that died in the Pentagon, or airplane during 911. There were cement things coming out of the ground with water underneath. Then came the EOG memorial. And the Arlington Cemetery. There were tons of graves, and even John Fitzgerald Kennedy's grave, and both brothers. After seeing those, we went to the tomb of the unknown soldier, and left. We went back home, watched a movie and came back inside for dinner. Dinner was Steak. I had a lot. Then an annual story every night about history, and things. We then had a dessert of Ice Cream, took showers and went to bed 

Washington D.C. 14
Yesterday was really cool. We went to the National Spy Museum. There were so many fun things to do there. You could crawl up in an air vent, and play spy trivia. You could even detect secret codes. Then, on the next floor, there was one of my personal favorites. It was a bar where it lifts you off the ground, and you try to stay on for one minute. The challenge is that  a fan blows air on you. It also rotates while it blows.  My first try was 44 seconds, and my second was 1 minute. Then we went to the gift shops and saw lots of things such as edible paper, or glasses that also have mirrors in them. After that was over, we went to have lunch at a park, and went to the Holocost Museum. There were many sad, and disturbing things there. There were burnt people, or dead bodies left behind. At the end, there were movies about the people who survived. Most of the people cried in the middle of their speech. Some didn't.  Then we read and watched stories about a kid named Daniel who got sent to concentration camp. He survived and was liberated with his father. After that was over, we went back home. We listened to the radio, talked about some experiences and ate dinner. Dinner was sloppy joe's. I had three and a half. Dessert was jello. Lots and lots of Jello. Then we took showers and went to bed.
I really liked this trip. We saw lots of things, and had lots of fun experiences. I think my favorite museum was either the natural history, or the spy museum. My favorite building was either mount Vernon, or the White House.

My favorite dinner was either Tacos or the barbecued Chicken. Those were my favorite experiences. I liked this trip, and I will see you next time.