We went to For Five for breakfast. I had a breakfast sandwich, which was quite good.
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After breakfast we walked to the apartment. Pretty much as soon as we got there we were ready to head out for our morning plan of going to the Theodore Roosevelt park to walk around. The park was only about 1 1/2 miles from the hotel but we decided to take 2 Lyft cars and Sharon drove her car with Ella and Linda. Michael and Nicole stayed home.
It took a while to get to the entrance to the parking lot. There were many road closures. When we got there we found it blocked off. The Lyft drivers dropped us off with no problem but Sharon was stuck. There was no place for her to park. Come to find out, the parking lot was blocked off because today is the 4th. They wanted to keep people away from the area due to the fireworks. Argh!! So Sharon went off to another park.
We waited for a Lyft
We tried to get 2 Lyft cars so that we could join Sharon, Ella & Linda at the new destination. No Lyfts available!! Argh!! We just walked back to the apartment. Luckily, it was not very hot.
Our view of nature on our walk home.
We went by the Dark Star Park
Nicole was up when we got to the apartment.
Michael had ordered pizza to arrive at 12:15 pm. Sharon got back with Ella and Linda just about noon. Come to find out we are getting pizza TOMORROW at 12:15 pm since the restaurant is closed today. Michael didn't notice. Argh!! We quickly order take-out from a close restaurant. Instead of lunch at 12:15, it was 1:45 pm.
Everyone likes Ella's magnet building toys. They are called Magna-Tiles. I recommend them.
Once we were done with lunch we headed back to the hotel. Once everyone was settled, Sharon, Nathan and Linda were able to have a little quality cousin time.
Since we had such a late lunch we decided to go to the grocery store to pick up cheese and crackers for a light dinner. Whole Foods was about 1/2 mile away.
Ella rode her bike the whole way.
We ended out with 2 big bags worth of groceries. 4 Cheeses, 2 types of crackers, bread, apples, watermelon, and various types of sushi. It was quite the spread. We all had plenty for dinner. Once we cleaned up and put everything away we headed up to the top floor clubhouse, room 1401. We heard that 60 people would be allowed in to watch the fireworks. We got there early enough that we got seats for the whole group. I don't think that anyone was monitoring the number of people. I love it when a plan finally comes together. Michael and Nicole did not join us.
Front row seats.
Looking down onto the courtyard.
Not sure about the ghostly third ball. It must be a relection of some sort. It was great how they syncronized the display by the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial.
