Earlier today prior to going to Arlington we stopped at Roosevelt Island to see the Teddy Roosevelt Memorial. The island preserve would be a great area to spend a day hiking and picnicking. The short walk to the memorial was quite pleasant. However for Katherine, whom was getting over the fabulous stomach flu, the walk was a bit much. As we approached the memorial we were all a little saddened. Teddy is placed toward the back of a large circle created by four lon...

Nationals Game Trying something new was the theme for this event as none of us had ever been to a major league baseball game before, never have seen a professional game outside of California, and none of us were Giants fans! None-the-less, we dressed the parts and had a good time despite the rain! We believe it was possibly Mitt Romney that won the "President's Race" (bobble headed figures that run around the field and cross the finish line or don't as the major...

Arlington Cemetery For everyone but Emma and Sarah, it was a second visit and yet it is just as much a poignant and sobering event as it was the first time. This time, after viewing the changing of the guard, local high school students participated in a wreath laying ceremony in honor of the Fourth of July weekend at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It was an impressive and touching ceremony. - Carrie + Michael

Today Katherine was feeling well enough to rejoin the party (more or less), and besides, we had tickets to the Washington Monument! No missing out on that allowed! We got a bit of a late start today but managed to get admitted to the Monument where for the first time, Rebecca set off concern on the part of some of the security. It seems at Christmas she was given a little credit card sized multi-tool with included knife, and stuck it into her wallet and forgot a...

With Carrie still feeling somewhat under the weather and Katherine fully worshipping at the porcelain (okay, plastic since it's a trailer) altar, only four of us made the trek into the city today. We might have called it another down day at camp like yesterday if it were not for the timed entry Archives and Holocaust Museum tickets we had to use. Beginning our day at the Archives, Michael observed that timed entry tickets were not as good as just plain being the...