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foolm0r0n posted...

Parking decks are decent in general, just pick the first one near your destination. But are you going for a protest, or cherry blossom season? Driving/parking in the city is a disaster those days. Park at a metro in Arlington/Alexandria and take the blue/yellow line into the city instead. Capitol bikes are the best if the weather is fine, since most of the city is in a 2 mile area and there's lots of bike trails, especially in tourist areas.

Do you just want to see touristy stuff? There's a ton of awesome local stuff in DC but you prob can't see it in a half day. If you rarely come to DC then a quick tour of a bunch of touristy stuff makes sense. In about 4 hours you could bike very leisurely from the Capitol through the mall, around BLM plaza (although it's been neutered now), then Tidal Basin (esp if cherry blossom season) & the outdoor memorials in that area towards Lincoln, then take the river trails past the Kennedy Center to Georgetown for lunch/dinner. Explore anything that catches your eye on the way. There's a lot of cool little side gardens and exhibits along the way.

If you can spare 2h for a museum, def do Planet Word. Super modern and innovative interactive AR exhibits in a cool location. Also it's free and doesn't need reservations 1 month in advance (typically).

Going to be there May 9th. I am parking a block north of the capital building. Plan is to go from Supreme Court down the national mall to Lincoln memorial. Possibly into Arlington cemetery, but might skip that due to time. Then loop back.

Planet Word okay sounds cool. The air and space museum is closed for renovations. I am only interested in maybe the national archives myself. It appears you can only reserve a Washington monument tour the day before at 10am also.