Our 4th of July in Washington, D.C. was Incredible... Until This Happened

We spent the week America turned 250 walking its capital city and trying to take it all in. We also came for something that had never been done before. And on the night it was supposed to happen, the sky opened up. This video is what actually happened, storm and all. We are Matt and Lexi. We travel as a couple, we pay for our own trips, and we tell you what things actually cost. In this city, the answer kept being nothing. BEFORE YOU GO, THE THINGS WE LEARNED Get your Metro card at the airport, not later. The station is inside the terminal and the whole system runs off one card. Arlington opens at 8 in the morning and it costs nothing to walk in. Go early and climb the hill slowly. Get to the Lincoln Memorial before 9. We had it almost to ourselves; by lunchtime you cannot move in there. The Smithsonian museums are free, all of them. You can walk into Air and Space, look at the actual Wright Flyer, and walk back out having spent nothing. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is two blocks off the mall and most people never notice it. You watch sheets of hundred dollar bills come off the press under your feet. It takes about 40 minutes and on the day we went there was no line at all. At the Library of Congress, the most beautiful room in the country is behind a door most visitors walk straight past. Find the viewing gallery. Mount Vernon was the only place all week we paid to enter, and it earned it. If you have five days, give it one full slow day between your museum days. WATCH NEXT We ate our way across this city from a $6 cone to a $60 dinner at the Watergate and put every single price on the screen, including the best value meal we found and the happy hour trick that halved one of our bills.    • Californians Try Washington, D.C. Food fro...   ABOUT US We are Matt and Lexi Stewart. The kids are grown, we still work, and we travel around real life instead of waiting for permission. No, we are not retired. We are both real estate agents with eXp, so the office is wherever the laptop opens. If you are an agent and curious how we run it from the road, the link is here: https://calendly.com/matthewstewartexp If you travel as a couple around real life, subscribe and come along. 0:00 The week America turned 250 0:38 Landing over the Pentagon 0:54 The room with the capital view 1:35 Arlington at 8 in the morning 2:25 The National Archives 3:04 The Library of Congress 3:54 The star under the Capitol 4:38 The Smithsonian, all of it free 5:04 The phone save 5:44 Watching them print the money 6:34 Lincoln before the crowds 7:02 The house everybody walks past 7:30 The military flies over 8:54 The security line that nearly broke us 11:47 The city shuts down 12:05 The call that felt like giving up 12:58 The record 13:51 What the smoke did 15:35 The one place we paid to enter 16:56 The quietest path in Washington 17:51 The tally #WashingtonDC #America250 #WashingtonDCTravel #DCTravelGuide #TravelTips #CoupleTravel #EmptyNesters #Fireworks Welcome! We're honored & blessed you are here! Come & travel with us...eXperience this amazing world with it's people, places, food, & fun! You'll be on the journey with us. "The kids flew the nest, and now it's our turn!!!" We KNOW GOD brought us together, & we feel a calling to share ourselves with those that want to plug in. Feel free to share us with your friends & give some ideas of future content you want to see. You'll see...we're an open book. ;-) **SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL GROWTH: (Buy Lexi A Coffee) https://buymeacoffee.com/theemptynest... So we can continue to travel, Vlog, give travel tips, & reach a larger audience - would you consider supporting us through our donation website? If anything, it keeps "Sexi Lexi" going with a coffee in hand & a smile on her face. ;-) EMAIL: theemptynesterdiaries@gmail.com #TheEmptyNesterDiaries #EmptyNesterTravel #RetirementTravel #couplestravel