Spent the day celebrating Father's Day. Michaela made chocolate chip cookies and we had a steak and potatoes dinner. We topped off the night with another noisy game of Settlers--Mike won. Of course.
Day 14 June 18th
Woke up early to catch a ferry to Liberty Island and toured around the Statue of Liberty base. Such a magnificent structure! Did you know the outer copper sheath is only as thick as two pennies?!
Rode the subway to New York City where we visited the 9/11 memorial, American Girl doll and Nintendo stores. Everyone was too tired to continue so we stopped at a local grill and ate a delicious dinner and went back to camp.
The 9/11 memorial was another somber experience--particularly moving was viewing the wall of 3,000 pictures of those who died due to the terrorist attacks on that day 17 years ago.
Day 15 June 19th
Drove to College Park, Maryland just outside of Washington D.C.
Day 16 June 20th
Visited the National Archives to view the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. Visited the Museum of Natural History.
Day 17 June 21st
Visited the Air and Space Museum, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Vietnam War memorials. Thought all our feet were going to fall off. Kids kept trying to get squirrels to get close to the wild but eerily tame squirrels by tricking them into thinking they had food. But once the squirrels saw there was no food, they would sprint off.
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