Washington DC - Day 5

Today was Bureau of Engraving and Printing. James woke up early and ran to the ticket booth for our tickets. We had some time before our tour, so we stopped in the United States Holocaust Memorial. Our visit was shortly after the shooting of the security guard, so there was plenty of security to help us feel safe.

The memorial had a nice children's exhibit "Daniel's Story" that gave a kids version of what happened during the holocaust. We wished we would have had some for more of the entire exhibit.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing tour was all about MONEY. We were shown each step of how they make money from the plain paper sheets to packing up the bills. We were amazed that each stack was $32 million dollars!! We had to have seen at least 10-20 stacks. Unfortunately, we could not take any photos in this building.

Lunch brought us to "Old Ebbits". We were told that this was a place not to miss. We sat in an indoor courtyard for lunch. I had the best veggie sandwich and Jack ordered ...can you guess....mac 'n cheese.

That evening, we rode the metro to the last stop east in Maryland. James' cousin, Carl, picked us up and drove ut to Baltimore for an Orioles v. Mets baseball game with cousins Janice, Shaw, and Jennifer. The Mets won 6-4.




Jack's steps: 19,350 = 4.6 miles