Mini Family Vacation - Washington DC

Family vacation will not be officially until later in the year but in order to tide us over this summer we needed a mini!  So when Jono's ball team was invited to Gettysburg we took the opportunity to get some family vacation time in.  
True to Jones and Co Family Vacations things didn't go as planned (although it wasn't quite a hot mess like last year).  It all started with picking up the van to discover no vans were to be had, so we got a "van" aka an SUV with a third row which I thought was the best option. Turns out that worked out splendidly except for luggage space - which was critical because we spent 20+ hours of this trip in the car.   We got up early and set off for our favorite destination Washington DC.   This is a reoccurring theme on Jones and Co trips but we needed to get JJ and FCH.  Well that didn't work out either as FCH had ulcers and stepped into a manhole cover - so they spent their time at the hospital :o(.  But we did some sight-seeing anyhow since Lo and Dust have never been to DC.  Nothing like some Wash Mon, Lincoln, Einstein, and War Memorials to make a 10 hour car ride better.   Then we toured the rest of the city in the "van" and picked JJ and FCH up from the hospital chauffeured them around then then went to dinner with some family.