Smithsonian Adventure

What a great day. I took the train from NYC down to D.C. and met my friend Hank. We walked around Washington for a while and checked out some exhibits at the National Gallery. Then we went over to Gardenfest at the Smithsonian. It was great. They had all sorts of interesting exhibits on flowers and plants. They even had one on Monarch butterflies. Then they gave us lunch which was really nice of them. And I drank about 3 waters because it was soooo hot. At 1PM I read Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly to a group of children. I met a little girl named Maya who really liked the book. Then I sat and signed books for a whole bunch of kids who liked the story. I was very excited to hear that in the gift shop at their butterfly con-serve – the-story they were going to start selling Velma! That is definitely the place that it belongs. Afterwards I walked over to the conservatory – it was packed! I slowly made my way back to the train station taking in whatever sights were on the way. Got on my train and went back home. On the train ride home I worked on my next story for Velma.