We had a big rainstorm last night, and as a result the wifi wouldn't cooperate with me to update my blog. So here is what we did yesterday.
We decided to check out the National Botanical Gardens before we headed into the museum as we had planned. It was a pretty cool place, with flowers from all over, many of them rare.
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| The sign says, "There is just one Cabbage on a stick left in the wild! A native of Hawaii this plant grows nowhere else in the world. Grazing animals, invasive species, and the loss of its pollinator have all contributed to this plant's extinction in the wild." |
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| Mom thought these looked like a row of ballet dancers |
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| Through the vines |
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| This flower is called the mountain rose; it is native to Columbia. |
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| Bromeliad |
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| Down the main atrium of the garden. |
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| We then visited the Capitol which was just across the street. |
From our tour:
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| The rotunda |
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| The band of paintings near the top illustrate American history up until Kitty Hawk and are done in the style of fresco. |
When we had finally reached the Air and Space Museum,
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| A display of the Apollo 11 mission |
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| Our family Christmas Card picture, taken from a monitor displaying a thermal camera image. |
Amy
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