Next we walked over to the US Capitol. I had set up a tour with the office of our Congressman, David Schweikert. Our guide was a young gal from Scottsdale who went to Hillsdale College and was in DC for a summer internship. (Turned out she was good friends with my colleague's daughter.) It was crowded but we managed to see the main sights. Definitely recommend a personal tour like that.
We ate a very tasty but expensive lunch in the main Capitol cafeteria.
We waited in line to go in to the House of Representatives and the Senate chambers. Both were "in session," but hardly anyone was in there. The lines ate a fair amount of time and weren't really worth it.
We did enjoy talking to a blind guy in a suit who was an unofficial greeter/tour guide. He was a big fan of John McCain and had worked in his Senate office, apparently.
Our next stop was the National Portrait Gallery. The girls were not thrilled about it, being tired of all the walking and standing around. I talked them into going on a docent-led tour of 17th and 18th century French paintings, which I thoroughly enjoyed and which they begrudgingly me obliged me.
Our last stop was the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The girls got their second wind and enjoyed this much more. They are some really cool exhibits.
This was the girls' favorite Smithsonian on the trip.
(The Spy Museum was their favorite overall.)
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