Day 2 DC 4/17/18

We had breakfast in the condo this morning and took our time getting out the door as most of the museums don't open until 10.  We opted to stay inside as much as possible today as it was 45 and very windy - way too cold to walk up to the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.  We took the Metro down to the Mall area and walked over to the Air and Space Museum.  We were the first in line and only had to wait 15 minutes until the doors opened.  We wandered around a bit - checking out the Discovery Room until it was time to go to the IMAX 3-D theater to see "Journey into Space".  It was very good.  We then went up to the second floor and spent a lot of time in the Wilbur and Orville Wright exhibit.  The kids were fascinated with the early attempts at flight.  I took their picture sitting on the steps of the Wright family home with Wilbur and Orville in the back.  We saw a moon rock and checked out a mock up of SkyLab.  We went down to the first floor and they each chose a ride to go on.  Zoe picked the Flight Simulator and the shot of her is trying out the levers before she gets on the ride.  Nathaniel chose to go on the Virtual Reality Transporter.  They both said they enjoyed the experience.  We then walked to the cafeteria for lunch only to find out that it was closed for maintenance.  We walked across the Mall and went to a small cafe in the Museum of Natural History (their larger cafeteria was being renovated).  We then explored the museum Nathaniel liked Insect World the best and even got to hold a Madagascar Giant Hissing Cockroach (Yikes!) and Zoe liked the Hope Diamond (she didn't get to hold that!).  We came back to the condo and are resting our smoking feet and journaling until it is time for dinner.  It is still very cold and windy outside so we may take a cab to dinner.