Springhill Suites By Marriott Herndon Reston

... Mt. Vernon we had lunch in Old town Alexandria at Bugsy's Pizza owned by a former hockey player. Then we went to Smithsonian Natural History museum and saw all kinds of animals, dinosaurs, rocks, and water animals. I saw my favorite living animal the tiger and also the dinosaurs which are some of my favorite extinct creatures ...

October 15 We had a 6:30 wake up call today. Breakfast was very good - especially the waffles. However, there was very little room to eat. Some people were late for the bus, but we will not mention Lauren and Mitsie's name. The drive to DC was long. There was a lot of traffic - typical of this area. Some of us slept. The first stops were the Jefferson Memorial and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Continued ...

... really make some hard changes... which is, I guess, what the republicans were saying in the year 2000. Hopefully things will go a little better than that this time around. Okay, so back to the girl. She's moving away, not too far, just two time zones. And really, we're not together exactly per se (vis-à-vis, apropos, i.e., e.g.) but you know, it kinda sucks. And I don't own a car (not yet anyway, but that's a different matter), so I can't exactly turn the car ...

... who kept up with the blog and made this trek with us. We are sorry to say that we will not continue the blog from home, mainly because we don't really have anything exciting to write about..haha. To anyone who wants to look at ALL our pictures, probably around 3,000 or so...let me know. I will have a very looooooong slide show put together in a few days. Thanks again for traveling with us...we love you all......Kara and Chris

... of course, that they don't get too caught up in this whole rioting thing). This entry was more of just a way to reconnect with everyone, add some new contacts to the list and to remind anyone who wants off to let me know! If I haven't added photos to my Italy and Barcelona posts yet, don't worry, they are forthcoming!!! I'll definitely try to post regularly!! See you all across the pond!

... hairraising and inspiring. Only the top 12 students were invited to the benefit dinner, and the absolute awe with which they embraced the experience was humbling to witness. None of these kids were from urban areas, so you can imagine the sparkle in their eyes as they were acknowledged in front of more than 360 people at the dinner. Amazing. As I mentioned in another travelpod, I was hired on a temporary basis to replace a Senior Manager ...

... use and production in the sun is not enough. Maybe certain necessary processes can't occur on the sun--it's too hot. So cooler places are necessary like the earth. Not unlike the arrangement necessary for the production of sperm in the human male. strange fact from a movie I saw on the plane called "who killed the electric car?" the movie asserted that it was Clinton administration that spent the original investment (at least a ...

Just a quick note on a few things. I came back for many reasons, but one that was dear to my heart was voting againts Rick Santorum. I did. He is gone. The Democrats have shown there is a real feeling in the country about the policies of the Bush Administration- to me it appears a mandate for change, but I am sure that little will happen other than gridlock as long as Bush remains in the White House. But hopefully it is a harbinger for the 2008 elections. I will heading back to Ohio ...

... checked to board the ferry, which just highlights how tight security is in NYC in everyday life. Nice day, slightly better than yesterday but still hawt as hell, so it was good to be on the waters! followed the audio path throughout the island, very interesting and informative. Had to sit in shade for a while. Got dozens of pics of me tryin to capture myself and the big Mutha of Liberty with my bent arms extended as far as they could. There are so many ...

... but the quarter-inch thick "urethral probe" next to the bone saw was far more menacing. About half way through the display, the curator gives in to what people demand, and one gets to marvel at a whimsical procession of wax models of human body parts suffering from hideous diseases and lesions. "Ellie, darling," I said as we sauntered past a wax cast of a man suffering from smallpox next to a mock jar of leeches, "if ever you feel your humors are unbalanced, I can always ...