To Michigan-Pittsburgh and Washington D.C.

Presidential Limousine

As we were heading towards our first city-Michigan. The guide informed us that in US, odd numbered routes are from North to South and even number east to west. We were on I-94 which means we were going towards east. A good piece of information.

Our first stop was The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, MI. It houses Presidential Limousines, Thomas Edison Lab, Wright Brother's planes and many other interesting historical exhibits. It is the largest indoor-outdoor Museum complex and worth visiting.

Next we visited, General Motors Heritage Center in Detroit, MI. The cool thing about Detroit is that its a bridge distance from Canada and you can actually see it easily from Detroit. The not so good part is that its bankrupt, there are houses available for $1. It's a less preferable place to live due to its alarming crime rate. Our next stop was Pittsburgh-the city of bridges. It was followed by the Capital of the United States of America-Washington D.C.. We visited the Lincoln Memorial, the White House and National Air and Space Museum.

General Motors HQ

It is said that time flies when you are having fun and believe me we never knew that it has been 2 days already with the group. By this time, the group became like a family. First, me and MH couple became a unit and later the entire Indian community became one. Also, the Chinese people became another group but they always used to leave one or the other member behind.

The White House

Whenever we used to stop on the way, we had to stop at a rest are and they dont have much to eat for my parents and even MH couple. In the beginning, the couple had some namkeen puri and pohe to offer, but soon they ran out of it. So, when we used to stop for lunch, I used to quickly go through all the shops and order for both the couples and me. We always used to have a bag of namkeen and pickle. If we don't like anything, just get a burrito (treat as chapati), get salsa (treat as tomato sabzi). When we used to stop in the city to eat, we could easily get an Indian restaurant and had proper food. Still food was a challenge for parents.

Washington DC

Rocky

The second day of our trip was full of History, starting from Philadelphia to DC. We started from Baltimore Hotel towards  Philly, the largest city in Pennsylvania and famous of rich history. It has Liberty Bell and Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed. It was also the temporary US capital while DC was under construction. We wanted to cover more in DC, hence we skipped all these places and just visited Rocky Steps at the Philadelphia Museum of art. These steps have been immortalized by Sylvester Stallone’s triumphant run in the film "Rocky."

Bull Rider

Next we stopped at the actual US capital to meet our friend Obama. Many of us might not know that Washington was named after first President-George Washington and DC stands for District of Columbia. The fact is Washington was previously called as DC. Please do not get confused with Washington state, its different. We started exploring DC from 

Capitol

1. The United States Capitol, often called Capitol Hill, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. Moving towards ...

2. National Gallery of Art-American & European works in 2 buildings & a sculpture garden.

3. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History-The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution. With free admission and open doors 364 days a year, it is the third most visited museum in the world. Crazy, Right.

4. Washington Monument-Landmark obelisk rising from the National Mall that honors America's first president.

Outside Museum

Now we were tired of walking, hence we directly visited the most important place-White House. Clicked few and then moved to Hotel after dinner.

Last day was basically, just travel from Hotel to home sweet home Minnesota.