I have been fairly busy over the last several weeks, but one reason that I haven't posted anything is that I had asked my family to do some, since with my endless detail it would have taken me hours and hours to write about their trip to DC. I have also been working and studying for finals and I even went to a fun party at Georgetown with free caricatures and food and fun, anyway, I'm heading to my first of my final 2 finals, so I'll write more about everything later.
Good morning,
I look at Travis' blog, hoping to see more entries, but then I remember that some of us were going to write for him. Tues, May 3rd, is Travis' last two finals of the year, so he's been busy studying, as well as packing up to go home.
April 20th was the start of a fun family vacation. We flew to the Reagan airport and were met by Travis, Amy, Grandma, Grandpa and Josiah. Yay! Some of us had our first chance at the metro while we went into the city to get a rental car and the others headed out of town. We drove up towards Gettysburg and spent 2 nights with cousins (2nd cousins), Larry & Ruth Ann Wood. They have a beautiful and inviting home, and were so welcoming. They had even found enough mattresses for ALL of us. We had a great day touring Gettysburg on Thurs.
Maybe I'll just list the things we did. Then hopefully each of us will write a paragraph or so describing some favorite things.
Thursday
Gettysburg Visitor's Center / lunch from the trunks of the cars / car tour of the beautiful countryside / bedtime desserts at Wood's
Friday
Darcy goes to an early class with Travis / leave cars at Comm of Christ / lunch in Travis' school cafeteria / Capital tour / Library of Congress / retrieve & return rental car / card games
Saturday
Museum of Natural History / Art Museum / Eastern Market / birthday dinner at the Match Box / Air & Space Museum / IceBerry
Sunday
Easter Sunrise service at Arlington / walked past National Cathedral / Worship service at Community of Christ / walk thru Georgetown / another walk... to National Mall...Lincoln Memorial, Korean, WW1, WW2, Washington...
Monday
toured Georgetown U / frisbie on lawn / lunch again at American U / went to T's dorm room / went up in the Old Post Office Tower / Holocaust Museum / kids went to the Vietnam Wall on their walk home (some of us got on the closest metro)
Tuesday
pack & visit / Darcy & Brenda visited the International Justice Mission offices / then "hit the road" and "the skies"
Okay, family. You can tell I left out a few details! So maybe each of us could write a little to Travis (email or facebook or blog comments) and he could add them to the blog about the trip. Just think of something funny that happened or your favorite place or tell a couple stories. Thank you. I love you! Thank you, Travis and Amy for the wonderful vacation.
Brenda
