Day 7 - The White House and Braves/Nationals Game

On Friday, we had a tour of the White House planned.  Again, thanks to the good folks at Congressman Meadows' office, we were able to get registered for the tour.  It is quite an involved process to be able to do that.  Only your Congressman's office can get you on the tour and it has to be planned about 3 months in advance.  Our scheduled time was for 7:30 am which meant we had to get up early to be there on time.  We were able to catch an Uber and get there in plenty of time to stand in line to get in.  I must say it was pretty exciting to think we would be able to go inside the White House.  Once we go through the many security checks, we are finally able to go inside.  It was very cool!

After the White House tour, we decided to head back over to the Capitol to use our Gallery passes and see the House of Representatives Chamber where they meet.  I was very impressed with that tour.  Unfortunately, they would not let us take pictures of that room.  It was a really neat experience.  After the busy morning we had, we walked back to our apartment and started packing to go home the next day.  We also had tickets for the Braves and Nationals game that night to cap off the trip.

We were very excited to be able to see the Braves on the road.  It was just good luck that they would resume their season after the All-Star break in Washington.  So we had to take advantage of that.  Tammy made sure that we got good seats right behind the Visitor's dugout so we could see the Braves up close.  Of course, we had to be there two hours before game time so we could see batting practice.  Again, Trey was hoping to get an autograph or two.  We get there as the Braves are starting BP and we hustle on down to get a good spot to try to get an autograph.  Unfortunately, that did not work out, but we did get another baseball thanks to Sean Newcombe who threw Tate a ball!

After batting practice, we head over to our seats which were amazing.  They must have been pretty prime seats because three rows in front of us were Freddie Freeman's wife and his young son, Charlie (who waved at Freddie every time he came into the dugout).  We were only six rows back which was close enough to get a good view of all the Braves players returning to the dugout.

Acuna, Albies, and Camargo

Dansby Swanson loosening up

Ronald Acuna Jr. leading off the game

Ozzie Albies

Freddie Freeman

Acuna talking to Paul Byrd with the assistance of a translator

Our view of the field six rows back

The Braves were able to get a big win against the Nationals which was a great way to end an amazing week.  The next day we would head home with fond memories of our experiences in Washington D.C.  This trip was incredible!  I know the boys will have some memories that will last a lifetime.  It will be hard to top this one.