d.c.

scott finished up his surgery rotation last week, so we decided to take a quick trip to d.c. before his next rotation.

i think we stopped by every touristy place:

the white house

capitol

the smithsonian castle

 we went to the natural history museum, the air and space museum, and the art museums.

this elephant is life-size

cool bones

turtle bones

the hope diamond. yes, please!

lobby of the art gallery

in between our museum visits we grabbed a quick lunch at one of the cafeterias. i had the most disgusting pizza that tasted like cardboard, cost about $8, and was super small.

next we checked out the monuments/memorials:

washington monument

jefferson memorial

jefferson memorial, again

inside the jefferson memorial

scott & mr. jefferson

while walking to the lincoln memorial, we happened upon the fdr memorial. at first we weren't sure what to make of it - it has four separate outside rooms, one for each of his terms, but the more we walked around the more we liked it.

fdr memorial

lincoln memorial

scott & mr.lincoln

wwii memorial

go utah!

we also met up with our friend mike who is doing an internship. we went to a delicious mexican restaurant called oyamel that's only a few blocks away from the national mall. the chips and salsa were excellent and they had awesome guacamole (and i don't really care for guacamole). we also tried french fries that had mole poblano sauce, chilis, and chocolate. they tasted interesting to me, but scott loved them.

mike & scott - rekindling the man love

before we headed back to hershey, we made a quick stop to see brian, brooklin, and their cute kids. even though they only live a few hours away, this was the first time we had seen them in a few years. hopefully we can make it down again soon!