Day 3!

Hello Everyone!
 Well, today was an interesting day. We had planned on going the Dulles branch of the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. We left the hotel about 9:45 and arrived there at 10:15. We wandered in the halls and looked at the airplanes. We saw the Enola Gay and several World War I and earlier aircraft. We then looked at the restoration hall. We saw different aircraft in different stages of being restored and conserved. We then went into the Space Shuttle Hall. The Space Shuttle Discovery is housed in a massive hangar with other rockets and space capsules. As we were finishing in the hall, something strange happened. The lights and the AC flickered and then went out. The security lights came on, and we just kept walking. We started looking at helicopters when a security guard came along and told everyone to go to the upper level. We went upstairs. We waited for an hour for the lights to come on, but nothing happened. We couldn't see anything because they wouldn't let us in the upstairs halls, so we left to eat. They closed for the day as we walked out.

We ate lunch and decided to got to Bull Run battlefield. We took the walking the walking tour of Henry Hill, the main place where most of the conflict happened. We stood in the place where General Thomas J. Jackson stood "Like a stone wall". We also got to see a plantation that dated back to the 18th century. It was all very interesting, and yet sobering, to see where some many men had died for the cause that they thought was right. After leaving the battlefield and the plantation, we ate and went to our hotel to swim. Here are some pictures. Thanks for reading!

Jake with the Space Shuttle Discovery.

Emma's 'Ear-ring'

A surfing plane!

Joel with Space Shuttle Discovery.

Emma manning the cannons.

Us in front of the Concorde.

Dad with a cannon.

Tomorrow,(Or rather today) We will move hotels. Then, we will go to the opening ceremonies of National History Day! Thanks for reading! Look for a post tonight!
JM