Planes, Trains, and Automobiles! Wow, can't believe all that has happened in the last couple days. We left my brother Peter and his family (with much sadness) yesterday morning and made our journey from Washington DC (actually Arlington) to New York City. What a journey - firstly we miscalculated how long it would take ... we thought 4 hours, but in actual fact it was more like 6 hours .... we hit New York traffic and also low bridges making us have to detour qu...

Washington DC Today we had the wonderful privilegde of a personal tour of the US Capital Building by Pete Obermueller, who is a staff member for the Representative of Wyoming. He gave us a great tour and showed us some interesting and beautiful parts of the Capital. We really appreciated his time and attention given to us. Thanks Pete! Our time here in Washington has been full of history as we have been touring many of the Smithsonian museums, including the ...

Mount Vernon Today we visited the home of George and Martha Washington at Mount Vernon, VA. Here we learned much about the life of George and Martha and how they lived. We visited the masion, gardens, plantation, museum, and education center. George Washington was an incredible man of character and leadership. He was a farmer, soldier, and the 1st President of the United States. We thoroughly enjoyed our time here to see this beautiful plantation as well ...

Washington DC (day 1) We went into the mall of Washington D.C. today with our cousins, Zac and Ellie. We first went to the Australian Embassy, where my uncle works. The building wasn't as interesting as some of the other Embassys, but it was good to see something Australian again. We then walked over to the Lincoln Memorial which had the big statue of Abe Lincoln (like seen in The Night at the Museum 2). Some of the other cool monuments included the Vie...

Amish Country Spent another wonderful day with a terrific family whom we have known for 19 years and haven’t seen each other for 15 years and it seems that we can just pick up on the friendship where we left off. I was bridesmaid for Wade and Janelle’s wedding and Kelsie is their beautiful daughter. Anyway went to Friedens Lutheran Church this morning and it was like going back in time as this was a church where our team Captive Free played back in 1991. A...