~:[CH5 - Day 41]: ~ Our Founding Fathers

~:[CH5 - Day 41]: ~ Our Founding Fathers

It was almost 6am and we rolled into Union Station in DC. We made it. Everyone looked exhausted and we were only hours away from our tour of the White House. Ninety minutes later, we headed out for the White House. How? I don't know, but we made it. To my surprise, they began allowing photographs in the White House again. It was awesome to be able to take photos including at a spot that I took a photo when I was in high school. After another quick nap, we headed out to Founding Farmers for a brunch. While a little pricey, the food was amazing and was made pretty freshly. I thought it was definitely a nice setup and a place that I'll be adding to my list! We ventured back through the cold for ANOTHER nap, as the recovery was not yet complete. I slightly overslept, but headed down and we ventured to the archives. It's always great to see the reaction of the students when they finally get to see the documents housed there. For them to be able to see it, is well worth the time it takes to organize the entire trip, as it is something that will be everlasting. We were able to venture through the sculpture garden before going to the rink. We pretty much had the ice to ourselves as for some reason, no one was there. It could have been the cold or the fact that it was a Wednesday, but regardless, we made the most of it. The student one again impressed me and we continued to enjoy the trip. We headed back and began our annual cook off. It seemed like as was well until I realized I used cayenne pepper instead of chili powder - a huge difference! Regardless, the group made me feel alright about it even though I was devastated and new it was definitely not on par. Luckily, I also cooked up some strawberry chicken and Italian sausage and we ended up buying Prego to balance out the lack of edible sauce for the noodles. We had great garlic bread and pizookies to top it all of and we watched Revenant, which was quite interesting. I cleaned up and just worked on a few things before it was time to call it a night, however, regardless, we made it through and while exhausted, I still managed to enjoy another day here in DC.