Enjoy...
Minutes from the state line of Virginia. The mud is very red here.
May 3 at 12:51pm
Eating at Hardees/Carls Jr.
May 3 at 2:36pm
Just outside D.C. now!
May 3 at 7:38pm
D.C. is a beautiful city.
May 3 at 8:31pm
Yay, it's the hotel! ...Now to go out to eat..
May 3 at 9:21pm
Eating at a diner, the only thing open.
May 3 at 10:11pm
Bedtime.
May 3 at 11:42pm
On a laptop which is slow, the keyboard doesn't work well, and smells like it's burning.
May 4 at 11:12am
Went swimming.
May 4 at 5:05pm
Going to eat at a restaurant with a name that sounds like it should be a bad word, but isn't.
May 4 at 5:43pm
Fuddruckers had a guitar hero arcade game.
May 4 at 6:55pm
Going to downtown Annapolis.
May 4 at 8:20pm
We're going to see friends who live in Virginia today, staying there overnight.
May 5 at 6:46am
Going to a plantation.
May 6 at 9:29am
The grass is in fact greener here.
May 6 at 10:38am
Going to Cici's for lunch.
May 6 at 12:14pm
Mmmmm... Cici's.
May 6 at 1:16pm
Heading back to the hotel now.
May 6 at 3:38pm
Back at last. (Can't wait to see our friends from Las Vegas tomorrow!)
May 6 at 6:56pm
Yawn....
May 6 at 10:10pm
Taking the subway to the Smithsonian.
May 7 at 8:18am
Hey look! The Smithsonian American History Museum.
May 7 at 9:11am
At the Smithsonian drinks are expensive.
May 7 at 10:06am
Saw a genuine Nobel Prize.
May 7 at 11:51am
Our friends are here!
May 7 at 12:08pm
Had so much fun today. (I saw Abraham Lincoln's top hat he wore to the theatre the night he was assassinated.)
May 7 at 7:08pm
Time to crash at the hotel again.
May 7 at 8:57pm
Taking the Metro Rail to meet our friends at the National Mall.
May 8 at 8:40am
Going to see the Declaration of Independence.
May 8 at 9:57am
Saw the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, and some other really cool old documents.
May 8 at 11:48am
Rawr. Time to see some dinosaurs.
May 8 at 12:13pm
We just payed $40 for a sandwich, two cups of soup, and 4 drinks. Smithsonian food is EXPENSIVE!
May 8 at 1:28pm
Going to Ford Theatre.
May 8 at 2:04pm
Comment...FW at 2:09pm May 8
Oddly, that was the last status update on Lincoln's facebook page.
Saw Ford Theatre. Going across the street to see the house where Lincoln died.
May 8 at 3:20pm
Going to stay at friends in Philly for the night/tomorrow.
May 8 at 7:37pm
Took about 150 pictures yesterday.
May 9 at 8:07am
Correction: I took 247 pictures.
May 9 at 9:28am
Taking the train into Philly. Going to see the Liberty Bell.
May 9 at 10:14am
I am next to Independence Hall.
May 9 at 12:43pm
I am looking at the Liberty Bell!
May 9 at 12:50pm
Waiting on the Independence Hall Tour.
May 9 at 2:17pm
A nice security guard let us in on a tour before ours.
May 9 at 2:25pm
Saw Betsy Ross's house/grave.
May 9 at 4:04pm
Eating at a place near Betsy Ross house.
May 9 at 4:27pm
Just had cheesesteak, going to Ben Franklin's grave.
May 9 at 5:14pm
Saw Benjamin Franklins grave!
May 9 at 5:27pm
Waiting for the bus to get here.
May 9 at 5:41pm
The bus didn't come. 10 block walk back to the train station.
May 9 at 6:10pm
Ugh... Finally back to the train station.
May 9 at 6:43pm
30 more minutes until our train comes.
May 9 at 7:00pm
Yaaay... Back to our friends.
May 9 at 7:33pm
Hotel. Crash time.
May 10 at 12:16am
Just got to Mt. Vernon. Going up to the mansion.
May 10 at 1:56pm
It's beautiful here.
May 10 at 3:57pm
Just left Washington's tomb.
May 10 at 4:28pm
Getting ice cream then going to see the monuments.
May 10 at 5:41pm
The Washington Monument is huge! It's the equivalent of 55 stories tall.
May 10 at 7:06pm
The WWII Memorial is gorgeous.
May 10 at 7:38pm
The Vietnam War Memorial is powerful.
May 10 at 7:47pm
Lincoln is the one I've been waiting for!
May 10 at 7:56pm
The Lincoln Memorial is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
May 10 at 8:20pm
The Korean War Memorial is incredible.
May 10 at 8:29pm
(Monument) is (adjective)!
May 10 at 8:41pm
Comment...BH at 10:23pm May 10
(exclamation)!
at 7:35am May 11
(retort)!
Getting pizza, then going back to the hotel.
May 10 at 10:03pm
Yesterday was my best day EVER!
May 11 at 7:35am
Getting Arby's and then going to see the Jefferson Memorial, and White House.
May 11 at 6:03pm
We passed on those tonight. Doing them tomorrow.
May 11 at 7:11pm
Taking the subway into D.C.
May 12 at 11:23am
At the Native American Smithsonian.
May 12 at 12:26pm
I made my mom laugh hard coke came out her nose. In the middle of the Native American Smithsonian restaurant. I can't take her anywhere.
May 12 at 1:59pm
Comment...THD likes this.
Comment...FW at 3:36pm May 12
Your mom snorts coke.
At the Air and Space Smithsonian.
May 12 at 3:11pm
Going to see the White House/Jefferson Memorial.
May 12 at 6:39pm
Phone is dying. I just hope
May 12 at 7:55pm
Lost was epic.
May 14 at 7:54am
Is inside Trader Joe's. It's too good to be true.
May 14 at 9:48am
We are about ready to go home. x_X
May 14 at 10:22am
Heading for Williamsburg.
May 14 at 11:02am
I am at the sight of the battle of Yorktown. AKA, um, Yorktown.
May 14 at 6:08pm
Going to Colonial Williamsburg as one last thing before we go!
May 15 at 8:03am
Williamsburg is cool. But it's hot here.
May 15 at 9:48am
Trying to find something to eat.
May 15 at 11:33am
Is in a building that is 294 years old.
May 15 at 12:54pm
The actual reenactment stuff is starting.
May 15 at 1:42pm
I saw someone riding on ye olde Segway.
May 15 at 3:02pm
Woo, it's pouring rain all of the sudden. At least it's not so hot anymore.
May 15 at 3:22pm
Pizza Hut messed up, and instead of making 2 pizza's, one ham, one peperoni, they made one pizza with ham and pepperoni. They gave us that one free, and are making us our actual pizza's. Free pizza is always good.
May 15 at 6:39pm
Then he had several posts about our drive home before the final post bout our trip....
Home is a wonderful place to be.
May 17 at 9:24am.
:^)
BTW, before anyone asks...No, I do not have Facebook. I am getting a lot of pressure from my oldest son AND my friends to get it. But, I feel my blog is enough of a
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin






































