Simpsons in Seattle

Our second half of the trip was all about exploring Washington DC! Scott has a soft spot in his heart for DC since he used to visit so often for work, and he was chomping at the bit to explore the museums with the kids. Day 1: Arrival by bus, National Archives Supposedly there are cheap train tix between NY and DC but we must have booked too late because they were about $150 one way! We said no thank you to that and instead opted for a bus ticket - $35 per person and about 4.15 hrs to get there. It was an ok ride - we snagged "covid safe" seats which basically meant you had a free seat next to you, which allowed all of us to spread out and have space.  We arrived at about 2pm and after checking in to the hotel and dropping off our luggage, we immediately headed out to walk the 2 blocks to the White House. It's too bad that there were massive gates around it so you couldn't really see much. Later, as we walked to the National Archives, we got to experience a crazy east

We are back from our very tiring our east coast spring break trip and finally rested up enough to post our photos into an online album if you want to take a look! We had lots of fun but this was not like Hawaii where we had time to relax. For this trip, we were out and about exploring every day! It's been a while since we had such an action packed vacation! We split the trip into two parts: New York was planned by the ladies, and DC was planned by the Dads. Read on and let me know which sounds like the better half of the trip! :) Day 1: Fly to New York, Explore Central Park, MET Scott and I like to maximize our vacation time and aren't afraid to leave at the crack of dawn or come home late at night if it means enjoying our vacation just a tad longer. We definitely were pushing our luck though in signing up for the red eye to NY! We ended up getting lucky in that Scott and Evie got upgraded to first class so had a nice comfy ride ahead of them, and Nora and I got upgraded to bul