JCRA: Day 1

Today has been a fantastic day. We drove from Boiling Springs, NC to Alexandria, VA and arrived at our hotel around 3:30pm. We then pretty much immediately got on the Metro, which is across the parking lot from our hotel, and headed into D.C. Before dinner we went to the National Air and Space Museum, where we saw the Wright Brothers' plane and a lot of cool stuff from the Apollo trips, and the Museum of Natural History, where we saw a lot, but the best was the exhibit on Richard Evans Schultes called The Lost Amazon.

We ate dinner at Thai Chili and it was actually pretty good. 

After dinner we talked around and saw the White House, the Vietnam Memorial, the WWII Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. Seeing them all lit up at night was fanatastic. Sadly, my camera would not allow for most of the pictures to turn out.

I've posted a few pictures below of today's events. 

On the agenda for tomorrow: Attend National Cathedral; meet with Dr. Kendall Soulen