the great american road trip 2.0 - day 5

It's a freezy, drizzly, dreary day in DC - luckily we spent most of the day inside.

First stop was the American History Museum, where Kooka loved seeing Kermit the Frog, and Dorothy's real ruby slippers. Punk's favorite part was the C3PO costume from Return of the Jedi. I, on the other hand, could have spent hours looking at Abrham Lincoln's top hat, and the real Star Spangled Banner.

We had lunch at the Old Post Office Pavillion, and then rode over to the Air and Space Museum.

This was Rico's favorite stop, and he loved checking out the Wright Brother's first flying machine (pictured above). Kooka was enamored with Amelia Erhart's plane, and Punk spent his time gazing into the ultra-cramped cockpit of the first space shuttles. We also got to touch the moon - a real piece of moon rock. Punk offered to put his foot up on the display - so he could say that he walked on the moon, but I convinced him that touching is more than most people get to do anyway - and he kept his shoes on.

But everybody is a bit worn out. The weather is gloomy, and two of us have scratchy throats (Punk so much that he and I took turns riding in the wheelchair through the museum). Today was fun - but hopefully tomorrow will be better.