Day 5
We woke up and went out walking. We started out at the White House. It wasn't as big as I had imagined but it was cool to see in person. We then went by the White House tree. Around the White House tree there is a little train village made up of about 5 or 6 trains. We really couldn't tell becuse they were snowed under. Around the tree they had a tree from every state with decorations made by some organization from that state. We then walked over to the Washington Monument. Today it was open. We were able to get tickets for the afternoon. Today the sun was out but it was windy. We went over to the old Post Office and went up to the bell tower. It was cool. In the basement they had an eatery. We went down to eat, while we were there we saw some Missionaries. We also ran into the Mission President and his grown-up kids at the Smithsonians the day before. After the bell tower we went into the American History Museum until it was time for our Washington Monument Tour. We made it to the monument and stood there freezing for about a half hour before we were able to go up. While we were up there looking out the windows, out to the West in the middle of the trees was the DC Temple. It stood up there on the hill like there was nothing around it. We then rode the subway to our Hotel, got our car and went up to the Temple. They have a visitors center there. Just as we got there it was time for a performance by the Bell Ringers from the Methodist Church. If you haven't heard bell ringers and get the opportunity to, you should, it is very cool. The DC Temple is very pretty. Especially at night. We got home and were able to see the last quarter of the UT game. Good job UT.
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