Sunday, April 26, 2026

16 April 2026 Washington DC: Raelyn's Day The Spy Museum

 


From lunch we took another metro over to the Spy Museum.  We got our false identities, cover stories and secret passwords.  As we delved deeper into the museum, there were mission critical kiosks that were interspersed throughout the museum.  At each kiosk we were given clues to our missions, disguises and specialized spy gear.  Raelyn and Evan got the same mission by chance.  We took each of the 8 kids to this museum and each one took the Spy Agility Challenge.  Of course this round also had to take their turn Once we were through the museum and had completed our missions we went to the museum store.  Then as we stepped out into the 90 plus degree heat we saw a taxi!  Score lets drive this back to the place.  We go back in tome to take a break, I took a walk around the block looking for birds.



Mr. Black Smudge, things we found on the Metro


We are here


Ready for our secret missions


First we have to get past the defences


First a cover story


Then the mission


Evan's disguise


Waiting for mine


Oh no, now I am Bruce Willis!


Raelyn is now a blue haired spy


Yikes Leslie is Bruce Willis's younger brother


A flag from Ukraine


A robotic spy snake


I spy with my little eye a dolphin spy


A shutter bug pigeon


A cat spy microphone


A movie about a British widow that became one of the mist successful secret agents in WW2


Various flags and memorabilia 


Raelyn get her shot at the challenge


Evan takes his turn on the spy agility challenge


Part of my mission was to find these nested dolls in Moscow


Woof Clicquot dog toy


Who is this person next to Raelyn?


We walked out of the museum only to find an airconditioned cab waiting for us, so we took it home


Fun row houses


Irises


More fancy flowers


A goofy face


A Uyghur themed painting seen at cloud 9


A fantastic bloom


 It has been 3 years and 311 days since we began our Migration