Well, our trip is over. Not without a little excitement and more great sights, however! During our last night (Thursday) in Fredericksburg we had a tornado near miss. It touched down around 8 miles from where we were staying. Made the night pretty interesting! I've never seen so much lightning in such a short period of time!! Here is a little article about it -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050900062.html?hpid=topnews
Dani - I know what you mean now!
On Friday morning we drove into Washington DC. We spend Friday and Saturday seeing the sights. We visited the Holocaust Museum; the Washington, Lincoln, WWII and Vietnam Monuments; a number of Museums - Smithsonian, Freer, the National Art Gallery and the Library of Congress. Oh, and we stopped by the White House and Capitol Building. It was a busy two days.
A bit rainy
At the WWII Monument we got to see a group of about 50 WWII Veterans who where there visiting. Bob Dole was there with them, chatting and taking pictures with them. It was pretty touching, actually. Each of these guys had to be at least 80, if you think about it.
In fact, Bob Dole is 84 I think, and was doing a great job all these guys. He was very gracious and spent a lot of time with the group.
After dinner on Saturday, we went to a pretty old hotel and had drinks in the bar. Karen and Marolin ordered Mint Juleps - very Southern Belle-ish of them! Not only are they minty, but they are very Bourbon-ish as well (see below).
All in all, it was a great trip. Saw lots of interesting things and met some nice people. Very glad to be home, though. Not glad to be back to work, however. Working for a living is overrated!
Mint Juleps!
Karen and her buddy Abe
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