Our nation's capitol, cont....

OK, now that I can get back to my regularly scheduled life, here is day 2 of our whirlwind trip to DC!

Day 2 was a Friday and we picked the Museum of Natural History and American History. I read that they are very popular destinations so I didn't want to go to them on a weekend.

When you walk into the natural history museum, you're greeted by this!
(remember, you can click on the picture to make them larger)

Pretty cool. Honestly, I had no idea how BIG they got.
There are a lot of stuffed animals in this place;

I love that they 'pose' all of them.

There are a lot of bones here too;

My mom would have loved this section on human origins.

This is "Toumai" about 6-7 MILLION years old. Whoa!

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And there are a lot of rocks/gems/minerals;

 This was mined in Hot Springs Arkansas

 all of these glow in the dark!

 Then of course, there's the Hope Diamond. I don't know, I was expecting more. It didn't really seem like a big deal to me.

 I love turquoise!

to be continued...