We started fresh, and we started earlier, figuring that the tourists wouldn’t arrive until around noon. This turned out to be a good thing. Our first stop was the Ford Theater, and for the first time in three trips, I actually got in! We were a part of the first group of the day to tour the place. It was well worth the stop. Next up was the Museum of Natural History that we had also missed yesterday. Again, it was not crowded like yesterday (though it got so towards the end), so again, we had a great time. We had lunch at that pub we couldn’t get into yesterday and had a nice meal. I also had another flight of local beers. It was getting really hot by the time we started walking to the White House. I did a little filming at the White House for my history class and then we went to two small, local museums mostly off the tourist path… and both were closed for major renovation. Gee, I’m sensing a theme on this trip. Rather than taking the Metro (as we probably should have), we decided to walk to DuPont Circle so we could see a church on the way. The walk was a mile long, uphill, and in full sun. The church offered some relief from the sun, but I didn’t think it was worth the trip. We walked a little more to the Phillips Museum of Art. This little place was a gem! Most of the paintings were new to us, and mostly modern, but it was laid-out well. With that, we ended a pretty good day of touring.