I slept in…way in. Like just past 10am. Now that’s what I call a vacation. I’m still thankful for my room darkening shades.

So after brunch at the cafe in The Air & Space Museum we made our way up to The Archives. We were able to see some very old, yet very real documents and writings while there. And in The Rotunda were The Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, and The Constitution. Quite impressive. Then we made our way to China Town. We took our time, walked around, and poked our heads in a few shops. The deeper we went the more “ethnic” it seemed. Lots of China Town seemed fairly common with maybe a few signs here and there in Chinese. But as we got further north into it, there was more and more authenticity to it all.

From there we decided to try out hand at the Metro Rail system. After staring at the ticket machines like a statue for a bit we finally bought day passes. And then after going up and down the escalator a time or two, we figured out how to tell which colored train was going where, and we set out to Arlington National Cemetery. There are over 300k soldiers buried there. Acres and acres of grave stones. We saw Kennedy’s grave and his brother Bobby’s grave too. As the sun beat us down, we made it to the Tomb of the Unknowns. As an added treat we saw the Changing of the Guard ceremony. Just happened to walk up at the right time.

We made quick time back to the Metro and hopped a few trains to get to Ebeneezer’s for the 5:05 church service. But we got there at 5:20ish. But we were a part of a little bit of worship, and got to hear Mark Batterson deliver the sermon. It was on Throwing In The Towel: Serving like Jesus did by washing feet. It was good and he ended w/ a nice challenge to actually do what the Bible tells us we should. It’s a nice setup there in the bottom of the coffee shop. Packed house too. NCC is doing something different and special in DC…

I got to meet Mark briefly afterwards. Nice, what you see is what you get, sort of guy it seems. I didn’t take hardly any of his time. He’d already had a few people talking to him so I figured he was ready to catch his breath. I was right. As we made our way up and out of Ebeneezer’s, I looked back and saw him already headed down the street too. I think he lives nearby and was on foot headed back home. Also got to say “Good game” to Heather Zempel who is the Discipleship Pastor. She’s an LSU grad…and I was still stinging from the spanking we’d gotten a couple of nights before. She didn’t rub it in…

We took the Metro back to the hotel for a brief rest before heading back out for a late supper. We first went to the Hard Rock Cafe, but after sitting for a few min we decided to head over to ESPN Zone a couple of blocks away. I could watch a few different college football games at once while The Wife could watch some US Open. Everyone wins. And I had the 2nd burger in as many nights. Again, good..but I’m about “burgered out”.

That was our day. It ended with US Open while falling asleep in a King sized bed…