KP in DC 2010
Day 3, Wednesday April 21, 2010


Day 3 will end with us returning home late at night after yet another full day. Smithsonian museums on the National Mall - NO we are not going shopping at the Gap!

Look for the photos to appear some time after we get home. No promises about seeing day three until Thursday, anyway.
image: naval museum
 We started the third day at the Naval Museum where it poured rain so everyone came inside instead of going onto the destroyer/cruiser moored at the dock.

Once inside, there was a massive amount to see.
image: plane
 Though it isn't visited by most because it is off the main Mall of famous Smithsonian buildings, the Naval Museum is worth the effort to see.

image: gun1
 You can climb onto many of the exhibits, and our group decided to try out a little battle.
image: gun2
 Firing back.
image: iwojima
 One thing we do on these trips is head counts. Every chance we get, the chaperones count to verify the number of children on each bus, checking that everyone is with us before we go on the next place.

This shot fits with a question Mr. Gallerani always asks as we visit the Iwo Jima memorial. "How many men are raising that flag?" Here's your chance to get a head count of your own.
image:camel foot
 I'll admit it. I was so spaced out when we visited the Air and Space building of the Smithsonian that I didn't get even a photo.

Mr.  Gallerani and Mr. Hasenfus  also wanted to be sure they understood how a heavy airplane is truly able to fly, and we spent our visit studying wing design, weight, thrust and lift.

At the Natural History building of the Smithsonian, we visited the bones. This is the feet of a camel. Plenty of room for those soft foot pads.
image: cow foot
 Compare this two-toed cow with hoof feet. No need for the space between the toes. No need to walk easily through the shifting desert sands.



Stay tuned!
Some other  photos may get added in after the trip as people go through their best shots in the digital cameras.
Let me know if you want to contribute images to these pages.
I would love to get a couple of "best shots" from anybody who came on the trip.
Contact me through Mr. Gallerani at the middle school or by email:
algot@runeman.org