April in Alexandria

I got to spend a few days in Alexandria with Sarah, Clare and Garrett while Toby was out of town last week.  I arrived during the peak of the cherry blossoms, so one of the first things we did was take an outing to the mall to see the blooms, along with a few thousand other tourists.
Here are a few pictures of our adventure.

You can see the cherry trees in the background, I was trying to get the Washington Monument in this shot, but it is a little to the right just out of the picture. In the picture with the Washington Monument in the frame all you can see is the top of Garrett's hat, so I opted for people over monuments.

Clare climbed way up in a tree for this shot.  She is a fearless climber.

It looks like Clare and I are ready to go after taking a break on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial.

Garret held up really well being dragged all over the place

But we were all a little tired by the time we got back to the car.

Clare and I went to the park.  I loved this swing picture.

Friday we took the water taxi from Old Town Alexandria to National harbor, which is just across the river.  Another little girl, Trina, and her grandmother who was visiting from Germany also made the trip and Clare quickly made friends with Trina. She is a few years older, but is very outgoing herself and was very good with Clare.  We had lunch, rode the carousel and took the water taxi back. It was a really fun outing and a really fun visit.