US National Arboretum

At the beginning of August, the girls and I went to the US National Arboretum for a morning of exploring.  It was a new adventure for all three of us and we really enjoyed checking out a few of the gardens.  The Arboretum is HUGE and we didn't have time to see everything, but we spent about two hours exploring.

 There is a ton of cactus around the visitor center.

 I thought this was super cool looking.

 Each girl grabbed a map and we headed out.

 Here they are discussing where we should go. 

 I could not stop laughing at how cute they were!

 We spent a lot of time in the bonsai garden.

It was cool because it was super shaded.

The girls liked looking at all the "small trees".

 

 Always love a good selfie with my big girl.

 We also explored the Washington Youth Garden.

They have a huge learning center and lots of fruits and vegetables growing.

 I took this photo to send my father-in-law.

He is growing kale and Ben and I joke around with him about it.

Kale was the only thing not growing, maybe the season is over? 

 Corn

Tomatoes

And that was our visit to the National Arboretum.

If you plan a visit, you should:

1. Go in the morning, it's very HOT and not a lot of shade

2. Bring water and a snack.  They do have picnic tables for lunch.

3. Bring sunscreen and bug spray.

4. There are restrooms at the visitor center along with maps and volunteers to answer questions.

5. There are several gardens and things to see, we only made it to two of them.

6. It's a lot of walking or you can drive your car to the different gardens.

Happy Wednesday y'all!