Biking through DC was surreal! Floating through and around those beautiful monuments and memorials felt almost transcendent. I thought about what each one meant and all the people involved. The bike made it feel like my own breezy, contemplative world. I’m so thankful for all those incredible people who pushed the edge of possibility and created a free place for me to live.
Tip: Definitely get the bike. It’s called Capital Bikeshare and it costs $8 for the day. You just take the bikes from one station to the next all over the city. Walking just takes too long and you will be unnecessarily exhausted at the end of the day.
Visiting Washington DC with Kids
Tip: Pace yourself. It’s a big place and there’s a lot to see. Maybe pick one or two Smithsonian museums and one or two memorials. Unless you have several days, just that will fill up your day.
Tip: If you like getting stamps in your National Park passport, go to the Washington Memorial gift shop–they have all the stamps for the area there. Also, many of the Smithsonian Museums have stamps too, you just need to ask for them.
Walkabout 
Also a tip for kids–the American History and the Native American Smithsonians have awesome kid play areas that are reserved just for children (even separated by ages 0-2 yr 3-8, etc.)
Also, when were you in DC, and WHY DIDN’T WE KNOW ABOUT IT?!?!?! The only acceptable answer is that you came before we moved here.
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I didn’t know they had play areas like that! That’s way smart of them.
Yeah, we went to DC like a month before you said you were moving out there. I guess we’ll just have to come back out soon!
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