Erik's trip to Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Baltimore June and July, 2014


the Hope Diamond
July 7 Monday — Smithsonian
Day 20
Erik chose to spend our last full day in Washington at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and Air and Space Museum
Day 20
Erik chose to spend our last full day in Washington at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and Air and Space Museum
Erik and Grandpa Arthur
on the Metro

Arthur and Erik in front of a natural sheet of copper

Erik in front of a
huge quartz crystal


Dom Pedro Beryl Aquamarine found in Brazil

model of earth's moon showing spaceship landings
Mundrabilla is an iron
meteorite found in 1911
in Australia

After lunch of fried chicken and a cupcake, we went over to the Air and Space Museum.


The Hubble Space telescope


a drone

We then walked over to the Lincoln Memorial.


the Lunar Lander

Erik and Abraham Lincoln

Martian landscape as mapped by Spirit Rover

artist rendering of Martian dunes
Erik took the next four pictures inside the Skylab Orbital Workshop.







Erik emerges from the Skylab Orbital Workshop
From the Korean War Memorial, we walked over to the memorial for Martin Luther King, Jr.

a full-size model of the Wright brothers bi-plane



Lindbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis

SpaceX One

Lindbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis

a walk-through cockpit of a modern airliner



Douglas Dauntless and Douglas Skyhawk
