The Windsor Inn Washington DC

... his famous 'I have a dream' speech and the site of the inauguration of Kennedy and Obama, which was pretty inspiring. With my back still hurting, we didn't get a chance to visit the White House, but Jim got a quick passing picture form the bus!

Back home, my back was no better, so we got a takeout and a strapped a heatpack to my back in the hope that it will be better in the morning for our long train ride down to Savannah...fingers crossed...

... trip. Let me just say that the weather here is so hot and humid ! Every night there is thunder and lightning and I love the vegetation here. Poor Morgan who is deathly afraid of thunder and lightning is being forced to confront her fear ! One night in the pouring rain (with lightning!) she had to walk back to our camp spot from the laundry room and is still having dreams about it ! The trees look like canopy trees in the rain forest and every ...

As you may have noticed - the blog has gone completely out of date! Somehow don't seem to have
the spare time to write it up this trip - not sure why..... Possibly
because we are travelling in mid summer, the days are so long (sun
doesn't set til 10pm! right now) that we are out sight seeing much later - not
getting back til 7pm most nights. Plus haven't got myself completely
organised ...

... night. Around 9 we jumped on the trolly back to the metro. At this point I started to get sad, because I had work tomorrow so I needed to get to bed and Calvin left in the morning. I decided to sleep on the living room floor with him so we could get some cuddling in. Tuesday came though sadly, we got up early enough that I was able to ride to the metro station with him before going to work. It wasn't as bad as a goodbye as last time, only two weeks until I see him again. I can make it.

... allowed in the House and that is the pool cam of C-Span. Anyone else….no mas! It was the House Foreign Relations Committee voting on funds to help the Italian Government rebuild after the April earthquake over there.

As I sitting there watching this I looked up above the Speaker’s chair (which incidentally the room looks so much smaller than it does on TV) but I looked above her chair and saw E Pluribus Unum carved in the thick white ...

... the Falls Church, go out on the town in our nation's capital one last night, and get up tomorrow for worship before flying out around 6:00pm eastern time. Thank you for your love and support as I go out into the world to view God's creation. As my cousin said last night, I am a "beggar at a feast"- not worthy of any beauty, pleasure, or love I receive. I pray I'll gain deeper insight into God's heart for the world. It's all a Gift! I'll talk to you later from Greece!

... martini made with Russian Standard vodka. Delicious! Sitting by the window, I saw her walk up. I had seen a picture, but I thought, can that really be her? She was wearing a long, bright red skirt that was hitched up to her sternum, with a black and white shirt (I'm sorry, I mean blouse for those scoring at home) of some kind. She gave me the impression of a Dalmatian perched on top of a fire hydrant. It was raining outside, or at least it should have been, so I figured the ...

... the thrill of possibly finding a diamond was cool. The road to get there was a little treacherous/out of the way! June 13 - day 5 (Monday We left craters of diamond around 3 pm and drove to texas the same day. We actually drove approximately 300 miles. We got to the rv park around 9 pm - guess what - our toilet is clogged! Paul is having so much fun with this (ha!HA!) He is envisioning all of the worst scenarios on how we're getting it fixed. But ...

... Patty was anxiously awaiting our arrival and she drove us home. It was a great trip and we are glad to be home. Hope anybody who had time, which we know is almost an oxymoron at this time of year, who took the time to follow us enjoyed our posts. Thanks for following along. Happy and healthy New Years to all. We look forward to seeing everyone and telling you about the trip in person. Love, Sandy, Noah, and Jesse

... on the way. We'd heard the Ellis Island Immigration Museum was worth a look which it was - this was the place that nearly 12 million immigrants to America arrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Really interesting. Made our way back to Manhattan a couple of hours later and walked up past Wall Street to Ground Zero which we thought we'd better go and visit. It was quite a strange feeling going there, as it now is just a massive (and very very deep) construction site, all ...