Disneyland Christmas

November Disneytrip

Disneyland August 2007

The National Mall

Pony Express at the National Postal Museum

Dusk at the Capitol

Washington Museum at dusk

Spirit of St. Louis at the National Air and Space Museum

Statue at the National Museum of the American Indian

Pre-historic turtle fossil

Washington Monument in the AM

We woke up to SNOW!

Our Highlander covered in snow.

Travis after a snowball fight.

Not sure that you can tell from this picture but we got some snow last night. The chairs around the pool are black.

It is COLD!!!

Well we got in late last night after spending the day in DC, and we are on our way out the door this morning. So I haven't had time to download pictures yet. I should be able to get that done this evening.

Monticello

One of many different tulips
Mike and T in the front lawn garden
Thomas Jeferson's Grave

Mt Vernon and Arlington

Tomb of the Unknown Civil War soldiers
Wharf at Mount Vernone
Mount Vernon
Changing of the Garuds
View from JFK's Burial Site
Yesterday when we arrived in the D.C. area the weather was beautiful. I had reserved a full size car for our visit and when we got to the counter I asked if they had any Toyota’s. The only one they had was a Highlander and would cost an extra $35 for the week. Trav and decided we were on vacation so why not. :-) We have not been sorry at all, in fact I think I found my next present.

Driving from Baltimore, MD to Herndon, VA took just over an hour, probably would have been less but I went left when I should have gone right. We ended up in a town called Frying Pan Springs. Nothing exciting about going there for us except the name. :-) The drive was beautiful. The freeways remind me of the older sections of freeway in LA, just a lot more trees and fewer cars. I kept waiting to hit traffic but never did.

We woke up today to heavy drizzle and a significant drop in temperature, but we did not let that detour us from our intentions of seeing Mt. Vernon and Arlington Cemetery. Once we got to Mt. Vernon Trav and I decided we had come unprepared for this weather. Our first stop was to the gift shop for beanie’s :-) . Mike of course made fun of us California Kids, till I pointed out he has had time to adapt his Floridian self to this cool weather. We found out today it may snow this week, so much for the Union Tribune’s 7 day forecast. :-)

Mt. Vernon was beautiful, we hiked all over the grounds. I don’t think there is an area of the remaining plantation that I could say was more beautiful than any other. We began our visit with a hike through the forest area down to the stables and wharf. We finished our visit with a tour of the house and main buildings. Before we left we had a late lunch/ early dinner at the Mt. Vernon Inn, where we tried the most unique soup, peanut and chestnut soup. It was like warm peanut butter with a touch more flavor.

Arlington Cemetery was an awesome experience. We walked to JFK’s grave, but it was so crowded that I don’t think Travis got the full impact of the scene. We then toured Arlington house which was the house that belonged to George Washington’s step grandson (George Washington Parker Custis) and later was inherited by the Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The house and gro