Monday, December 26, 2016

Washington DC Botanical Garden Winter Display

The National Botanical Garden has a holiday winter train exhibit every year, and this year's theme was National Parks and Historic Places.

I was super lucky to have a late enough flight home that I had time to visit.



Even the bananas were exciting. I wonder if my kid even knows how bananas grow.



The Supreme Court.



Statue of Liberty



Curling cat tunnel and Thomas



John Muir Home



Covered bridge and ladybug train



The Grand Canyon. While all the buildings are made out of plant materials, seeing the layers in this canyon was one of the most amazing parts to me.



Mount Rushmore




Suitcases over  tree tunnel



The snow is fungus!



Everything was so beautiful and amazingly impressive.



Back of the Yellowstone Lodge



Check out that fireplace



Front of Yellowstone Lodge



And Old Faithful!



Even a Bison and Arrowhead



Exquisitely accomplished!



Well worth the trip and traffic



The only downside was that there was no gift shop. But we were next to the Museum of the American Indian, and I recalled they have a really nice cafe. We went there for some chai before heading to the airport. Several museums were participating in a marshmallow dessert event. Why? I cannot say.



There was a special NPS passport stamp at the botanical garden! If I only had time to do one thing in DC this trip, I think I chose wisely.

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