About day 5

Today we walked through the heart of Washington D.C. We visited the Cannon Building where we met Tom McClintock's aides, the district four of California Representative (house of representative). We weren't able to access senate seats to view the senate, so we had to talk to Diane Finestein, one of the two California senators. Later we walked to the Hart Building where we got the opportunity to view the California Senator office. Walking a little bit farther passed the Supreme Court (we went it but not for long) we finally made it to the Capital Building. We took a one hour tour of the Capital and were humbled and awed to see and learn so much about the history of our nation. A couple hours later we took sometime to walk through the Library of Congress. It was interesting seing all that we did and learning through old books and documents. We also had the rare opportunity to sit in the Senate Chambers and listen to Senator John Carry speak. Lastly, we walked through the the National Archives and saw what are probably the three most important documents to our country. They included the Decleration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights. After a long day of riding the Metro, and walking for miles, we ended at the Mall at Pentagon City where we ate and walked around some more. It was a fun day filled with a lot of history and fun!!!

Mz. Nash and John