Happy 4th of July America !
We were still battling with adjusting to coming forward in time so ended up sleeping REALLY late this morning. Once we were up and ready (10ish) we headed up the road to the Metro. The plan was to head into DC, to the Mall to watch the parade .... The news had been saying "Get there early !" Parade started at 11:45am - we got to the Constitution Avenue at 12 .... through the crowds and crowds and crowds and crowds and ..... you get the picture ;)
Parade was brilliant but very very very very very (you getting the picture again), hot ! Girls were battling and as much as we watered them ;), they missed a lot of the parade - hiding in the shade of the planter we were standing on. Yes everyone was standing, perching, leaning, climbing on anything that would elevate them enough to see the road. Once the parade finished, we walked the road a little and then headed back to the hotel via the metro to cool off.
The plan had been to head to Arlington Cemetery and then the Iwo Jima Memorial afterwards once we had cooled off but ...... well anyway, miserable children are no fun .... enough said ?
We headed up to Iwo Jima late afternoon, stopping to grab some dinner first. Then the walk up Fort Myer - UP hill :) Again crowds crowds crowds .... We took in the memorial, WOW !!!! and then settled in at a spot .......... and more and more and more and more people arrived. Fireworks started at 9:15pm (we had been settled for more than 2 hours) at people were still arriving. The were brilliant and the backdrop of the Washington Monument was great. Once they were done 9:45ish we started the slow trek out of the park area. Stopping at MacDonalds for an icecream (had promised the girls) on the way home - seems the entire crowd had the same idea ;)
Back at the hotel room about 10:30 only to find fireworks going off the entire stretch of our horizon ........ in the distance but it carried on until just after midnight. Thats how you celebrate !
Great day, hot day, special day :)
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