Our July 4th recap was tremendous. For the first time in both of our lives we have spent the Fourth of July in Washington, D.C. and instead of giving a boring play-by-play I will offer up a cliff-notes version. The day began driving to RFK Stadium to attend a special edition baseball game where the Chicago Cubs were thrashed by the Washington Nationals 6-0!! This was a rare occurrence as the two previous days the Cubbies man-handled the inferior Nats as should be the case the when The North-Siders have a superior record so far.
This day was also the first since we arrived in town where it actually felt like East coast weather with its infamous humidity, etc. The rest of our day was spent in the luxurious and spacious National Air and Space Museum alongside the Mall. A 3-4 hour respite from the heat helped us and in addition spared us from the inclement weather in the form of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms (it was so severe that the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning) and the mall was cleared! Thank goodness for the immense museum :-)
At or around 7 or 7:30 we ventured out and enjoyed the cool evening in preparation for the magnificent and world famous fireworks show. What a site to behold with the "bombs bursting in air" behind the Washington Monument brought goosebumps and grand excitement. Emily and I will never forget this day.
This day was also the first since we arrived in town where it actually felt like East coast weather with its infamous humidity, etc. The rest of our day was spent in the luxurious and spacious National Air and Space Museum alongside the Mall. A 3-4 hour respite from the heat helped us and in addition spared us from the inclement weather in the form of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms (it was so severe that the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning) and the mall was cleared! Thank goodness for the immense museum :-)
At or around 7 or 7:30 we ventured out and enjoyed the cool evening in preparation for the magnificent and world famous fireworks show. What a site to behold with the "bombs bursting in air" behind the Washington Monument brought goosebumps and grand excitement. Emily and I will never forget this day.
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