On the way down, we were hopeful - at one point it was sunny and 78 degrees But as we got closer and closer to DC, the sky got darker and darker and it soon opened up on us. So onto the museum.
Courtney scored an extremely tight space right at the front of the museum - expertly squeezing the mini van in (directed brilliantly by me standing out in the rain). Off we inside.
It was pretty busy and allready 3pm, so we quickly toured the elephant sculpture and the dinosaour exhibit, then went to see the Hope Diamond. The girls were a little disappointed in the diamond - they weren't looking for a necklace but a big huge honkin' diamond. Oh well, still pretty impresive!
Onto the next treat ... Before we left, we all got to pick out a sugary cereal - any one we wanted. Normally these boxes wouldn't see the light of day at our house, but today we had a snack of: coco puffs (nazeriah), lucky charms (kaija) and cap'n cruch w/ crunch berries (mom,dad and chayton). Yum, yum!
Now on our way to Richmond. Next stop dinner. Which was at the oh so fashionable and healthy Cracker Barrel in Virginia, where we sat next to Elvis (his jeweled jumpsuit must have been at the cleaners - he was weaing jeans.) Courtney and I got to have our first sweet ice tea of the trip. Chayton was having a good ol' time "drinking" his cup of water (read dumping it all over himself) and eating everyone's food - he loved the corn (will go nicely with the bright pink and purple and green crunch berries).
Now we are back on the road for a short drive to Richmond and our hotela for the night.
Melissa
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It sounds wonderful! Seems like you've already lost the hustle and bustle of dqily life and are enjoying a real vacation. Enjoy! Send us more updates!
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