Michelle & Tony Trip: Day 6: Driving, The White House, Musumes, & Flying Home

On our last day of our vacation we started off by checking out of our hotel and heading back towards Washington D.C.
It rained pretty much the whole time we drove.  We got tired of driving and knew we needed umbrella's so we looked up a Costco and stopped to do some shopping.  After that we drove a little longer before stopping for some lunch.
Then it was only about an hour and a half until we got to D.C.  We decided to drive around DuPont Circle to see some of the embassy's.  It was fun to see all the different flags flying outside these amazing looking buildings.

After that we made our way by the White House.  We were able to see some of the front of the White House from our car but we knew we would have to walk to see it up close.  So we found a good parking spot and then made the trek up the hill to see the White House.
While we were walking to the back of the house I thought it was still a ways up the road when I saw a bunch of people taking pictures.  I though that they were all taking selfies with the Washington Memorial until I looked over and saw the White House.  I felt pretty stupid.  Silly me. 
We then decided to check out the back of the White House.  We got to see the US Treasury Department building.  It was heavily guarded and right next to the White House.  We then saw the front of the White House and got a picture.  I did have to ask a guard which was the front and which was the back.
We then found a cute White House gift shop.  We found some souvenirs that we liked before going back to our car to see if we could move it closer to the museum.   
We lucked out and found the perfect spot close the Holocaust Museum.  We only had an hour to go through the museum but that was enough time to get the highlights of such a horrific thing that happened in our history.
After that we headed to the airport where we dropped off our rental car and took the bus to the airport.  We then made our way to our terminal and then found some food for dinner.  Then we waited for our flight.  Both our flights went good without any problems.  We then got our car out of long term parking and drove home at about 12:30 am.  Margie and Lloyd were waiting for us at our house with our sleeping children.  It was so nice of them to take such good care of our children for us.  We are glad to be home with our kids again but totally happy we were able to get away and see some of the sights in our great nation.