The first stop she chose was the Natural History Museum, which was larger than anticipated and very crowded, so she skipped the American History Museum and headed further along the yellow route to view the tour's free add-on museums -- the Crime and Punishment Museum and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, since they opened later in the day and were fairly close together.
Expecting that things would fall as nicely into place as the first day, if not even better since she had planned so well, she optimistically continued along the yellow route to the Capitol River Cruises. Well, she just missed the bus and waited for the next bus and traffic moved slowly so that it was nearly 4 p.m. She began to consider that if she indeed caught the 4 p.m. cruise and rode for an hour, the bus may not get her back to Union Station, where she was meeting George for the night tour.
So, even her aggressive plan to return to the IMAX theater inside the Air and Space Museum to see Hidden Universe 3D, failed to materialize as she sat on the bus for over two hours.
But the night tour did not disappoint! The weather was cool but pleasant, and our tour guide, Tom Thompson, was exceptional in both his knowledge and presentation. As the sun set on Washington, D.C., we visited the Lincoln, Jefferson, FDR, Dr. Martin Luther King and Korean War, World War II, and Marine Corps Memorials, with breathtaking views from the upper deck of the tour bus.
Crime and Punishment Museum and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, since they opened later in the day and were fairly close together.
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