Fredericksburg - Days Inn North

Today was a travel day. We left a little late because we had to see our baby before we left! Pennsylvania was long and obnoxious... We ran into heavy traffic several times.. and the 55 zones really sucked. Our TomTom took us through Washington DC. We did ...

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I got sick. Real sick. So instead of going into Washington DC the past two days I have been sleeping. And sleeping. Watching tv. More sleeping. Eating. Sleeping. You get the point. <br><br>I just woke up Thursday and my throat was all swollen, had a hard time breathing and my whole body ached. Threw up. Fever. <br><br>Pretty bummed because I had so much ...

Had breakfast in the hotel.Learned from the Weather Channel that a storm is possibly coming to the Outer Banks,North Carolina.Decided to cancel our plans for the Outer Banks.<br>Stopped at Weldon,North Carolina for lunch.Ate at Ralph's restaurant.their barbecue sandwich.It is barbecue ...

Once again we got up early to get into to DC early enough to stand in line to get tickets to get into our Nation's Capital. We left at 6:45am with the intention on being in line by 8:30. It was a good intention, but by 9:15 everyone in the car had to use the restroom and we had only gotten to the King St exit for Alexandria 15 miles from our camp site. We had missed the one entrance to the HOV lane and were stuck in rush hour ...

It's about 30 miles to Washington, DC from our quiet campground. We picked up "The Tourmobile" at Arlington National Cemetery at 9am and proceeded to tour it. The various sections of the cemetery were fascinating and each had their own story. My biggest surprise was Robert E. Lee's house, aka the Arlington House. We had no idea that he lived in town and was "one of the boys", then went on to be the South's most famous ...

... for my friend Yomaris who is a grad student there... she's cool), went into Newbury Comics, Boston Commons, Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market. It was all stuff that I wouldn't have been so excited about maybe (despite the fact that in high school I was obsessed with the idea of going to college in Boston) but Isabel was excited to see everything. She bought herself a Harvard t-shirt and was completely horrified by how cold New England is. I have to admit, even though ...

... with the new mayor - or any DC mayor for that matter - and it happened to be in a tent about the size of my bedroom. He's a really charismatic young guy and seemed really jazzed about his old stomping grounds getting this honor. It was a little strange because I'm not used to important people NOT having enormous security details around them at all times, so I was really taken aback when I almost walked right into him while reading my pamphlet after the ...

... course, the free samples of gingerbread and pecans were great, too, and made me love autumn even more. One booth really caught my attention - it was this young woman who makes purses out of hardback books. Two of my loves! Books and bags! Very expensive, but completely amazing. Her website is: www.rebound-designs.com and you should check it out. She and I discussed our nerdy love for style manuals and I really wanted to buy the Chicago Manual of ...

Leaving! Kyrgyzstan! Peace Corps! September 13th (my welcome page is incorrect)I blast off to become a Secondary English Teacher in Kyrgyz Republic. I have only a vague idea of what this will be like. I've been too busy this summer making salads at OTG to really think about the reality of it. I guess I'll find out. You might be wondering where Kyrgyzstan is. Well ...