Saturday, March 16, 2019 Up and at 'em! The plan today was to leave at 7am and to expect about 12 hours on the road. Driving time was approximately 9 hours or so and we expected to make several stops along the way. All in all it was a pretty easy drive. I-70E out of … Continue reading Day 1: Travel From Home to DC Area

Sunday, March 17, 2019 Our day started with visiting a local congregation which is always a pleasure. You never know who you're going to meet and who knows who. "It's not a small world, it's just a big family" as one person put it to me once. We did actually end up seeing a couple … Continue reading Day 2: Church, Smithsonian Museums, National Mall

Monday, March 18, 2019 Still a little artichoke funk this morning. But not as bad. I think we all slept pretty well last night. Zach snd Eli went for a run this morning. Once we all got showered and dressed we were off to the races. Little bit of traffic into town, but not that … Continue reading Day 3: DC Area Bus Tour

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Left the house this morning at 8:15. Traffic this morning was pretty crazy and added about 10 minutes to our drive into the metro DC. Finding the reserved parking spot was a little hectic. Should have left at 8:00. But in the end it was okay. We did end up hoofing … Continue reading Day 4: Capitol Tours and Mt. Vernon / Alexandria

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 This morning we had a little break from the norm and decided to take the subway into town and leave the van at home. It ended up being a costly decision as the subway system is not that cheap to ride for our little family of 7. But it was quite … Continue reading Day 5: National Archives, FBI Building Tour, and Museum of the Bible

Thursday, March 21, 2019 Okay. Lots of rain today. That was definitely the part that made the day very interesting. Earlier in the week we learned that there would be a 90-100% chance of rain from 3am this morning until about 4am tomorrow morning. So, about $100 in an emergency umbrellas purchase at Target last … Continue reading Day 6: National Gallery of Art, The White House, and Botanical Gardens

Friday, March 22, 2019 This was the longest day of the trip so far. As far as transportation goes it would be a combo drive/metro day. We took off from the house at our normal time of 9am. With the traffic it took about 45 minutes to get into town. We parked the van and … Continue reading Day 7: Arlington, Pentagon, and Memorials at Night

Saturday, March 23, 2019 Last day in DC. ☹️ This morning we packed up, cleaned the house a bit, got ready and headed out. Local McDonald's for breakfast since we were pretty much out of cereal. And we were on the road at about 9:45 or so. It was a quick 20 minutes to our … Continue reading Day 8: Library of Congress, Leaving DC

Man the sleep was good last night. I fell asleep at probably 9:30 or so and didn't wake up until after 7:00. We were off to worship with the congregation at Glen Oaks. Very friendly group. One fellow in particular, Alan, was very entertaining. As we were leaving he wanted to make sure that Zach … Continue reading Day 9: Heading Home