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Thankful for Thanksgiving

A travel blog entry by petersalemme

... Alex suggested a short Bible study at the dining room table- he chose a section of Matt that included the sermon on the mount. I am glad to see spiritual growth in Alex.
Drove back (ugh!) on Saturday so that I could have a day of buffer to catch up, go the church, take it easy and be ready for Monday. My boss, Brandon, is off in Haiti this week working as block leader for the Jimmy Carter Work Project. He ...

Preparations - the final stages

A travel blog entry by jim.coates

... Beautifully researched and told as if it was around the campfire. Makes one respect the Power of Winter, and Bears, in that part of the world.

Also am becoming addicted to the Milepost bible of travel in the NW of the continent -- now I can place Dease Lake on the Cassiar Highway in NW BC and know that Tok, AK is more than the sound of your head hitting a hard object...
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Oh yeah, this is what I don't like about DC

A travel blog entry by highama

... I prepared myself and my phone's GPS ahead of time. Little did I know that the DC police were plotting against me and shut off my route right in front of the National Archives. Finally I managed to make it to the hotel and load everyone in.

Getting out of DC was a bit of an adventure too, for similar reasons, but finally we were headed out to Virginia and the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Aerospace Museum. Say that 10 times fast.
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The National Mall

A travel blog entry by suzhu

... strange to think how quickly the past 5 years had passed: at the time, she was on a placement whilst I was paralegalling, whereas now we are both lawyers and married ladies! The restaurant did fantastic tapas and the service staff was very sweet - I had a bit of a wait for my drink, so first the server apologised and said he would give it free of charge and then the manager came over to apologise profusely! I felt kinda guilty for causing so much fuss!
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A Solemn Duty to Fallen Soldiers

A travel blog entry by paleojohn2010

... proposed as a National Cemetery for the fallen Soldiers. This is the the Grandfather of the most recent General Meig, who commanded the III Armor Corps of Fort Hood, Texas.

I was on site for just over 3 hours and during that time there were two funerals, the bugle playing Taps, echoed through the trees and the rifle salutes were truly sorrowfully. Arlington is truly a sacred place for this nation's most prized possession, the ...