Hi guys! Greetings from our nation's capital. Alex and I are here on fabulous Washington, DC field trip and WOW has it been an adventure already. There's so much I could talk about! We're keeping a fast pace here. I'll sum up quickly and try to follow up with funny anecdotes later. I just now got to a place where I could even attempt to try sitting down on my laptop. Everyone is running out of space on their digital cameras, so I'm downloading all of their pics to my laptop and burning them to disc for them so they an erase and have space for the next day. SO MUCH TO SEE!
Saturday: Old Post Office with trip to the top of the clock tower, chance happening on the Spring Garden tour of the White House. Only happens TWICE per year - I was within spitting distance of the Oval...took a lot of restraint not to test that distance. Next Holocaust Museum, Arlington Cemetary. There's something else from that night - see I'm already forgetting.
Sunday: Iwo Jima Memorial (found accidentally because I missed our turn...yes, I'm driving one of the vans and I'm the LEAD van), Gettysburg. Unbelieveable. Must go back there. Vietnam Wall, Lincoln Memorial after dark, Korean War memorial VERY cool at night.
Monday: Ford's Theatre, Washington Monument, WWII Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, tour of the Pentagon. Loved getting to see how money is made. At one point I was standing right in front of $64 million dollars. MILLION. Yowzers.
We're averaging 4 miles a day walking. 4 MILES. My dogs are howling, kids. I could spend weeks here and never feel like I've seen everything. We're riding the metro, and I must say, DC really has this public transportation thing down. It's so very cool.
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OMG thank goodness you blogged, I can stop crying now (sitting in my hammock swing crying) Glad you are having a great time
YOUR DRIVING ONE OF THE VANS???
Pea, you didn't mention the word naked....
Look what I just found in a comment on youtube....
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Gotta love people that have time to figure these things out.
DC's metro system is VERY NICE! When I was there I saw people in VERY FORMAL Clothes... Black Tie... using it. You just wouldn't see that on the el.
Unless you saw Jim the day after a wedding.
I thought that could go without saying now
Glad you're having a good time. I've got the sitting, drinking red wine absolutely covered for you, darlin'. So just enjoy yourself and know that I'm doing my best in your absence.
Love the Metro and yes, Mr. Lincoln is pretty cool at night.
Waiting with great anticipation for the photos and stories!
Oh yeah, Jimmer - I'm driving the LEAD van, baby. :) That's good times right there.
I bought wine today. Of course, I don't get to try any until I get home, but I bought it nonetheless.
Good times.
Miss you all. I have to get up at 6am (which is 5 am Indiana time) to look pretty for Dubya. Tomorrow is the White House, Congressinal tour and a trip to Mount Vernon. At night we're going to Alexandria, so I'm not sure if I'll have time to fill you all in or not.
Having a wonderful time - Monticello was awesome today.
More later - I promise...keep drinking that red for me.
And Jul - LOVE the comment.
I think this trip would have made for a great reality show...could you see camera's following Rebecca et al around, especially from the shotgun seat of the van. Beeping out expletives all the way!
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