washington dc: day four

11/10/09

Shawnie: Fourth day
We woke up at 7:00 and we got ready. We walked to the White House and we had a tour. So while we were there we saw President Obama get on a helicopter. And while the tour was going I went upstairs to look in the rooms and we got a special tour to get to the elevator. We got to see the kitchen and President Obama's own elevator and his dining room. While I was waiting for the elevator to arrive, the man who took me and my mom to the elevator thought nobody was on the elevator and there was. It was the family dog, Bo! We were scared of each other.
We saw a lot of monuments this day.
We went on top of the Washington monument. It was cool. Soon we were in the elevator and the man took us up the elevator. It took 70 seconds to get all the way to the top.

Sari: Today we went and saw the White House. When we came around on to the lawns we were just in time to see them shut the doors for the President and his wife. We got to see the helicopter take off to! We then got to go through the bottom floor. When we had to go up a few steps they took Shawnie to go use the elevator. She had to use the one in the kitchen because the other one was for the president. When she went to get on the elevator guess who got off… Bo! He and Shawnie were scared of each other. I wasn’t there to see it though, but I hear it was pretty funny. We also got to here the story about the White House’s annual ginger bread house. The thing is HUGE! It weighs over five hundred pounds! That is more than Shawnie’s wheelchair and her put together! They have to bring it up on an elevator with five men carrying it. They then have to lift it onto the table. This entire exchange happens while the cook looks on and screams for them not to break it.

We then got to go eat at the Spy City Café, just for me. I wish Mikayla could have come, she would have loved it!

We also saw the Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean, and World War 1 memorials. We then went to the top of the Washington Monument. It was so TALL! We went to the very top and got to look out of the windows. We then all came back to the hotel, went out again for dinner and came back and went to sleep. The only thing that I did not like today was all the walking. We had to walk to all of these places, and back!