Today I went to Smithsonian's new Air and Space Museum at the Udvar-Hazy Center. The museum opened in December of '03 and houses the world's largest collection of space and aviation artifacts. Here is the list of things you will find there.
While I do think their collection is impressive, I think I prefer the Air and Space Museum at the mall. There they have more varied themes and exhibits, and more on the space side of the house than its counterpart. While I live close the this museum (it's right next to the airport), the $12 parking fee isn't much of an incentive to visit again. Particularly when it only takes like a hour to walk around. If you do go, I would recommend taking one of those free guided tours they have scheduled periodically. I listened in on one and they had some interesting info to tell about the crafts on display.
On a completely different subject, I want to take back what I said in my last post about the colors not being so vivid this year. This whole week, I enjoyed every drive to and from work because the colors along the back roads I take are so beautiful. I don't know what they are like usually, but I am quite happy with how they look this year.
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