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| Udvar-Hazy Center - it's in a HUGE hangar |
It's way out of the way from the rest of the museums, but with traffic, we didn't want to drive/take an Uber. So we went from the Ballston stop on the silver line to Dulles. From there, we had to take a commuter bus around to the museum. I had been avoiding bus transit because of traffic, but this was the only option. We stood around with like 12 other people waiting for the bus, but after 15 minutes past when it was supposed to get there, we ended up booking an uber anyway!
The museum is HUGE - it's two hangars with three stories of planes from the Wright brothers through modern planes, everything from parasailing to the Blackbird, and a bunch of spacecraft. Super cool.
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| Waiting for the metro |
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| Excited! |
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| The Concord was Wilder's No. 1 thing he loved seeing the entire trip. |
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| Wilder LOVED Dusty Crophopper from the Pixar Planes movie for years and years. He has mostly outgrown that love, but this was a little like seeing a Disney princess in real life. |
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| I'll be honest, Dusty was my most favorite part of this museum, lol. Mom memories! |
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| Felicity and I could not get over this adorable "Sky Baby" plane. SO cute. |
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| THE plane that dropped one of the bombs that helped end World War II. No big deal. |
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| The Discovery shuttle was in the "space" hangar of the Air and Space Museum |
We had lunch at the museum's Shake Shack!
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| Cosmic Concrete |
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| Steep escalator |
After visiting the Air & Space Museum at Dulles, we took the Silver line all the way back into D.C. to visit my friend Linette. We met in a mom group for women with due dates in November 2013 (both our firstborns). We have been friends ever since! This is by far not the first time we've gotten to hang out in person, but it was the first in her city. We got cold brews and chatted in between end of school events for her, reviving our tired museum walking feet. :-)
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| Fancy hot chocolate |
I was delighted to pick up a journal at the Air & Space Museum. I like to journal about all our trips (before I blog about it!) but I've enjoyed doing it in journals I get from those trips. I looked in so many stores, and every single gift shop, and couldn't find one I liked. FINALLY found one at this museum.
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So happy with my journal!
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That evening we got Thai takeout with our friends and just relaxed! We walked 10-12,000 steps a day on this trip, sometimes more, and the kids were SUCH troopers. With just one full day left to go, we were getting a bit tired. But this museum was so great, I'm so glad Wilder got to be in his element.
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| Sweet Jake |
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| I will never turn down pad see ew |
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| Brady and Zach, BFF |
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| Jake was giving Panda vibes |
Next up: Day 6: National Museum of American History
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