The Adventures of Sock Monkey Season 2 Episode 2: Washington DC, the City of Museums, Monuments, and Classified Information Day 5

   Hello, dedicated (I hope) readers! I am back with more fun in Day 5 of our adventures in Washington DC! No time to waste, on with the fun!

   We woke up the next morning to the sound of construction outside in the road. Which wasn't fun. :p After our lame excuse for a breakfast, we headed to the subway and took the train to Union Station, where the bike rental place was. There, we met up with a group of family friends, grabbed our bikes, and headed off to go see the National Mall among other things. First, we started off by heading to the Washington Monument but stopped by the National Gallery of Art first just for a look. After checking out what was inside and looking around a bit, we headed back out and biked to the Washington Monument. See below for pictures.

Testing, testing, 1 2 3, do you hear me?

Loud and clear.

Roger that.

The view from the Washington Monument.

After taking pictures, resting a bit, and eating some genuine Washington DC M&Ms (not like it matters), we biked on to the Lincoln Memorial. After grabbing a Junior Ranger paper (pick up 4 from various places and fill them out to get the National Mall badge), we took some pictures inside and out. Which I included. Below.

Four score and seven years ago...

The view from the Lincoln Memorial

We continued biking on, but not before I stopped by the Vietnam War Veterans Memorial ranger station and the Korean War Veterans Memorial ranger station to grab the papers. We bike through the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, where I finished the Junior Ranger "packet". We then started biking to the Jefferson Memorial but took the lower trail instead and ended up having to bike through a flock/gaggle/skein of geese. That was interesting. We arrived at the Jefferson Memorial and grabbed a very sad hot dog to eat while my dad went to go look for my mom, who had mysteriously disappeared while we were riding to the Jefferson Memorial. Turns out she was waiting for us at the monument while we took a refreshments break. Oops. Anyway, we finished our sad hot dogs and biked up to the Jefferson Memorial, parked there, and went inside. And if you want to know, they turn the AC down super low in the ranger information desk room so it felt really super nice. ;) Pictures!

Closer...

...and closer...

...and closer.

We hold these truths to be self-evident...

After that we biked back to Union Station to return the bikes. I'll include the map of where we went. Below. 

We followed the highlighted route.

After eating dinner in the food court in Union Station, we took a subway back to our hotel, stopped by a Safeway for groceries, and ate dinner back at the hotel. And that concludes the adventures for today! Questions, comments, potentially random things, put them in the comment board. I'm just about done, so thanks for reading!