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Washington DC - Day 1

9/21/2010

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We made it!!  We had all this advice to NOT drive in DC - take the Metro.  But the Metro for all 6 of us was going to cost us around $30 a day!  So we had some friends of ours give us all these good tips since they had just been here earlier this year, and today we took the plunge and drove in.  We couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about - we think Tampa traffic is just as bad if not worse!  It only cost us $3 to park today for our Pentagon tour, and everywhere else we parked was free.  We had a really great day - the weather couldn't have been more perfect.  Here are a few pictures - hope you enjoy! 
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This is the only place they'll let you take pictures when you are at the Pentagon.  Nicholas was pretending to be really serious as he leaned into the podium and briefed the crowd on the latest crisis - what a goof!
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We met a really nice family from Georgia who asked us to take their picture, and then they took ours.  Their school district started really early - the first week in August, but they're getting a week off this week and another in February - so they're taking full advantage of it!
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I think Nicole and I aren't even as tall as Lincoln's legs from the knees down!  This monument is huge!
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We brought our lunch and ate it in our car in the parking garage near the Pentagon - sorry - we didn't take pictures of that exciting event.  :-)  So we decided to splurge for dinner and 3 of us got Subways and 3 others got Burger King and then ate our dinners on park benches in a park with a statue of Farragut - a famous Civil War hero.  If you look behind and to the right of Nathan and Nicole in the picture above you can see a circle of people singing that we noticed after we sat down.  Upon further investigation, they were singing Chrisitian songs so we joined in with them.  It turns out they were part of a nationwide 40 days of prayer for the unborn, and they were from all different denominations.  Since we missed going to church on Sunday, we felt we had church right there in the park.  It was pretty cool.
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We took other people's advice and stayed until it was dark to see the monuments lit up.  We were not disappointed.  Does this picture we snapped of the Washington Monument look like a post card or what?!  It's not - I took that with Tim's phone.  Tomorrow is The Capital Tour and The Library of Congress - can't wait!
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Karen Hammond
9/21/2010 02:18:45 pm

Keep your eyes out for the Curbside Cupcakes van. Basically it's a fast food van that sells cupcakes and they're pretty awesome. They have a page on Facebook and will announce where they're going to be during the day. I work nights so I rarely see them, but they catered our office's holiday party last December and were pretty good. They're HUGE, tho; you can probably split a couple :)

I hope you got to see the Korean War Memorial after dark. Of all of them, that one is the one I find most beautiful at night. (It's at the base of the Lincoln Memorial, to the right, if you're standing at the Lincoln Memorial, facing the mall).

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Miss Tracy
9/21/2010 08:46:13 pm

Wow - what a great day you had. God blessed you with the traffic situation! The pictures tell the story especially the one with Nicole eating the sandwich. How did she do that? I am praying for you this morning that the camper and the kids stay healthy for the rest of the trip!

Love You

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Miss Tracy
9/21/2010 08:58:59 pm

Oh yes,.........great hair. LOL Isn't that what life is all about?

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Robert
9/22/2010 07:58:07 am

Great pictures, and with a cell phone.....technology can be wonderful. God's Grace is always wonderful. Our prayers follow you always.

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    Tim and Jodie have been married since Nov. 5, 1988.  Tim is a retired Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and retired city of Tampa Firefighter.   Jodie is a happily laid off IBM/AT&T 21 yr veteran employee. So I guess you can say they're both retired, but still super busy!  They have four wonderful children:  triplets Nathan, Nicole, and   Noah born 11/16/97 and Nicholas born 5/16/99.  Nathan is at Trinity College, Noah is at Florida Polytechnic University, and Nicole is at USF.  Nicholas is an EDM (electronic dance music) creator and hoping to make a living from that!  We love and are so proud of our kids!

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