Destination DC: Favorites

Today I'm sharing our traditional trips favorites today.  Since it was a short trip and we had to carry our bags around a lot of the time, we agreed to dramatically limit souvenirs.  We each got a t-shirt at the Spy Museum and then I picked-up an ornament to add to our travels collection.

We also grabbed squished pennies wherever we could. Eventually I'll get around to sharing my full squished penny collection.  It's quite large and goes back over a decade!

On to the favorites!

1) Favorite thing you ate (this wasn't a big "foodie" trip.  I feel like we only ate two real meals)
2) Favorite thing you did
3) Favorite thing you got

Dan:
- Ate: fry bread
- Did: "walking around all the memorials with my lovely Squeetie Bird"
- Got: t-shirt from the spy museum

Steph:
- Ate: gelato (there is a big soft spot in my heart for frozen desserts)
- Did: people watching at all the different memorials
- Got: squished pennies

One of the other traditions we started on this trip, and a fun new activity, was collecting stamps in our National Parks Service Passport. 

My friend told us about these back when we went to the Teddy Roosevelt house on Long Island.  The book includes pages for each region of the country and when you stop at a National Parks site you get to stamp your book at the visitor center or gift shop.  The stamp includes the name of the park or site (like a monument), the location, and the date.  It's fun and a good way to check off your USA travels bucket list.  Every year they produce a new regional stamp featuring one location so you can collect those too (one sheet for the whole country is less than $10).  If you plan on going to DC or any National Park, I highly recommend getting a passport.  

This summer we plan to do an NYC day where we go to all the city sites and collect stamps.  It will be a real resident tourist day-venture since it includes the Statue of  Liberty, Ellis Island, and other smaller memorials around the city.