This journey was accompanied by bad weather, like a few others, but it was fun nonetheless. This journey was filled with 2 museums (one by accident), a gallery, and a trip to Chick-Fil-A.
The day began at 7:22am for me. It took about 10 minutes to actually get up. I got ready and packed everything I would need for the day. I got to the Metro station a bit after the time I was supposed to, yet I still got there 25 minutes early. I came with 2 other people and we waited for a while for everyone. Turns out they were on the opposite side of the exit and they'd been there all along.
After a bit more waiting, we headed to our first destination. Well. It wasn't where we were supposed to go but it was still fun. We were instructed to go to the National history museum. We went to the Natural history museum by mistake. I got a bunch of pictures anyway.
After this accidental trip, we were off to the place we were actually supposed to be at. The National Museum of American History, a museum that collects different sentiments and artifacts of US history, with exhibits about different important time periods. There were really cool things, like a C-3PO and Dorothy's ruby slippers. We also saw this awesome dollhouse created by Faith Bradford. There's even a backstory to the doll family living in it. The dollhouse is the home of Mr.Peter Doll and his wife Mrs. Doll. They have 10 children. 2 are out of town, visiting their grandparents.They also have 20 pets and 5 servants. The house has 23 rooms.
Next we were off to Renwick Gallery. This place had my favorite part of the journey in it. It had beautiful art exhibits. Like this index card forest.
It starts at the top, looking like snow on a mountain, then transitions to a gear look near the bottom. This took months for the artist, Tara Donovan to make, and you can't touch the art, our tour guide said the index card corners are sharp and pointy.
There was a stick-weaving exhibit by Patrick Dougherty. It was nice also.
Now for my personal favorite part of the day. There were steps leading upstairs to another exhibit. We all went up and saw a bunch of people lying down. Then we saw why.
This beautiful masterpiece, created by Janet Echelman was definitely my favorite 30 minutes of the day. We layed on the floor and watched as it changed colors before our eyes.
Through all of this, we noticed that we hadn't eaten food yet. A walk, metro stop, and another walk away, was Chick-Fil-A. I ordered some nuggets and fries. The woman asked for my name. I very clearly said "Kendra," but when my order was done, the woman called "Kendall" -_-. It was good food though.
After a looooooooooooong bus ride, we got to our last destination, Ms. Anna's. Time for a meeting.
All in all the day was good, other than the weather. The meeting was fun, and the museums were awesome. Can't wait for the next one!
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