The Adventures of Sock Monkey Season 2 Episode 2: Washington DC, the City of Museums, Monuments, and Classified Information Day 4

   And here we go once again with Day 4 of our incredibly sock monkey filled informational tiring hot and humid adventures of complete and utter epicness!

   We started the morning with yet another huge breakfast buffet complete with coffee and made-to-order omelets. After that, we checked out of the hotel and dropped off the luggage at the lobby before walking to the White House visitor center so I could get the Junior Ranger badges that they give out there. Because even though you can get the White House packet at the (duh) White House, they apparently didn't give you the badge. Hence the trip. There is another badge for the President's Park that you can get there. Which I also got. I'll include the educational stuff at the end of the post. Remind me. After that, we walked to the National Air & Space Museum and basically spent a good 5.5 hrs there looking around at all the various flying objects displayed there. Like the Natural History Museum, it was big. There were sections on the moon landings, time and navigation, the Wright brothers and their plane, space exploration, WWII aviation, sea-air operations, how things fly, early flight, jets, universe exploration, and viewing earth. See below.

And we have liftoff!

They have come. In shiny tinfoil spaceships.

Houston, Banana base here, the sock monkey has landed.

To infinity...and beyond!

Launching in T-10...9...8...

I wanna try that out!

Sock Monkey in space!

Space monkeys...

...and space bears!

Yeah right. Where's the USS Enterprise?!

Sock monkeys flying in the sky, in the sky!

After the museum kicked us out politely since they were closing, we subway-ed back to our hotel, picked up our luggage (and some gummi bears!), and subway-ed to our new hotel destination. Its called the Inn of Rosslyn and I could say I wasn't too pleased with it. You can read my dad's review. Let's just say it wasn't good. Anyway, after getting lost once or twice, we finally found our hotel, checked in, and chilled for the rest of the night. And tat concludes today's adventures so please check/use the comments board below. Until next time...thanks for reading!



Educational stuff now. 

Who am I?

This man, our 38th president, was born in 1913. He played varsity football throughout college and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1935. He began working at Yale University as an assistant football coach and also taught cheer-leading. 

During the summer of 1936, he worked as a seasonal park ranger at Yellowstone National Park. He recalled his time as a park ranger as "one of the greatest summers of my life." He graduated from Yale Law School in 1941, and served four years in the United States Navy. He served as president from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977. During his time in office he added eighteen new areas to the National Park System. 

When unscrambled, the following four words-all found in the above text-will name the president!

LOTBLAFO               _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _          (1st letter)   _
LENOSTYLOWE            _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    (5th letter)   _
REGNRA                 _ _ _ _ _ _              (1st letter)   _
IDENTPRES              _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _        (6th letter)   _

I AM PRESIDENT _ _ _ _.


Champions for Change

Unlike the president, the first lady's duties and responsibilities are not outlined in the Constitution of the United States. This provides a unique opportunity for each first lady to define her role. Which first lady is described in each statement below?

Write the matching number of each first lady's cause in the circle next to her name.

Barbara Bush (1989-1993)        _    1. This first lady taught 
                                     school and established the
                                     White House Library in 1851.       
Jacqueline Kennedy (1961-1963)  _    2. The wife of our 40th                                             president campaigned in the                                         1980s to "Just Say No" to                                           drugs.                   

Eleanor Roosevelt (1933-1945)   _    3. The 19th Amendment giving                                         women the right to vote was                                         ratified in 1920. A decade                                           earlier
                                                              
Abigail Fillmore (1850-1853)    _    4. This first lady co-                                              authored a book, titled                                              Millie's Book (1990), and                                            worked to promote literacy.  


Helen 'Nellie' Taft (1909-1913) _    5. Living in the White House                                        during World War II, this first                                      lady transformed the office,                                        holding press conferences,                                          traveling widely, giving                                            lectures and radio broadcasts,                                      and writing her own daily                                            opinion column in a newspaper.


Nancy Reagan (1981-1989)        _    6. In the early 1960s, this                                          first lady's efforts brought                                        national attention to the need                                      of preserving and restoring the                                      art and furnishings of the                                          historic White House.

The formatting is supposed to be all aligned!! :( But it still looks cool. Hehe. 

(Borrowed/Adapted from the White House and President's Park Junior Ranger booklet. Please don't sue me.)