DC - Part 3

After Georgetown we headed over to the National Mall to check out a few of the other memorials. We checked off the Jefferson Memorial, FDR Memorial and Martin Luther King Jr Memorial. It was the first time that I walked around the tidal basin which was beautiful! We hung out so long that we stayed to get some great pictures of the mall at night. While I had been to the mall several times, this was the first I got to see them all lit up at night :)

Jefferson Memorial

Hanging out at the tidal basin looking toward the Jefferson Memorial

Washington Monument

Martin Luther King Jr Memorial

FDR Memorial

Lincoln Memorial at night

Capitol and Washington Monument at night

DC - Part 2

Georgetown is a cute neighborhood in DC. I had never made it in my previous trips to Washington so I was excited to explore a little. We even did the complete touristy thing and waited in line at Georgetown Cupcake - a cupcake shop featured on TLC's DC Cupcake. I would definitely like to go back and spend some more time checking out the shops in the future!

Waiting in linen for cupcakes!

Still waiting....

About 40 minutes later - We Made It!

As seen on TV :)

Cute little garden in Georgetown - perfect place to relax after lunch

Baltimore!

An easy day trip from DC is Baltimore. And since I was traveling with a girl that LOVES baseball, we decided to head to an Orioles game. We even scored free jerseys!!

Giant bobble head oriole!

The group and an oriole

View of Camden Yards from our seats

Baltimore Harbor

DC - Part 1

I recently flew out to Washington DC to hangout with some friends! It was great to catch up with the girls and of course we did the typical touristy stuff along the way. The first day - Amanda and I hung out at the National Mall and did some of the museums.

Hanging out with the giraffe!

The museum of Natural History has halls of awesome skulls and skeletons :)

Amanda, the capitol and me

Lincoln

Willow River State Park

Wetland along the trail

Got out and hit the trails earlier this week! For the first time in awhile I had a day off where the weather cooperated and I did not have prior plans. Drove up to Willow River State Park to explore. I ended up hiking a good distance through several habitats and even found a beautiful waterfall to cool off at! I would definitely recommend stopping by this park your next trip through the Hudson area!

Worth the hike!

Close-up of the falls

Red-tailed Hawk Release

Went to The Raptor Center today with a couple of our birds that needed a check up. I left with more birds than I came with! Transported a peregrine falcon back to its home and got to release a red-tailed hawk.