D.C. Bucket List

As I mentioned here, some things are possibly changing for us. There has been a fair amount of uncertainty for us this past year, a few tentative steps forward, but we’re not quite at the point where we need to take the plunge into turning our world around. In this calm before the storm, we have often talked about moving away from our city. There are a number of factors at play, and we still have not made a final decision, but I thought it best to make a Bucket List in case we end up packing our bags on a whim (much like we did when we moved out here). Since making the list, we are already leaning more toward staying, but I decided to stick with my list and make the most of whatever time I have left in D.C.

This is not a comprehensive list of touristy things to do in and around our Nation’s Capitol. This is just a list of things I have heard about or wanted to do and somehow have not gotten around to. I have already crossed a few off the list since I made it last month, but I’ll try to chronicle my journeys here and let you know what I would recommend. For his part, Layne made a D.C. Restaurant Bucket List, so I may chronicle some of that, too.

1. Montrose Park
2. Pentagon Memorial
3. Hike Great Falls Park
4. Picnic on Theodore Roosevelt Island
5. Fly kite and picnic on the mall
6. Gettysburg
7. Mount Vernon
8. Monticello
9. National Arboretum
10. Paddle boats on Tidal Basin
11. Williamsburg & Jamestown
12. Caverns in Shenandoah
13. Elevator on Washington Monument
14. National Cathedral
15. Newseum
16. Dulles Air & Space Museum
17. Watch planes at gravelly point
18. Concert at WolfTrap (July 5!)
19. Library of Congress
20. National Geographic Museum
21. Rock Creek Park Planetarium
22. Dinner cruise on the Potomac
23. Dumbarton House
24. The Mansion on O St
25. Fallingwater
26. Baltimore
27. Ford's Theater