Knittin’ & Sittin’

That’s what I’m doing today!  My feet still hurt from our DC tour!

On Friday, we decided to see how much more ground we could cover.  We started at the National Archive.  We hit the International Spy Museum.  Now I’m sure that all my blog readers are stalking me!!!  We tried to get into the Ford Theatre.  Frankie wanted to see where President Lincoln was shot.  Unfortunately, it was really busy.  We ate lunch at the Old Post Office and went up into the clock tour and got a chance to see the city.  After that we made the trek to the White House.  Here are my charming happy kids!

They’ve been this happy the entire trip….NOT!  (I’ve learned a lot about the fine art of name calling!)

About 30 minutes after this photo, we got caught in the rain.  Once the rain let up, we headed for the White House.

It looks like the ideal place to live, doesn’t it….or not.

If we looked closely, we could see snipers all over.  1600 Pennsylvania Avenue would not be my choice to live.

We were planning to go to Arlington Cemetery and the for dinner on the Potomac, but we were pretty wet.  We decided to go back to the bus and get cleaned up.  The kids were thrilled to make a quick stop at Chipotle for dinner.

Yesterday, we made ta move to Williamsburg.  What a fun area!  Today,  My Hero and the kids went to the water park.  I’m sitting on my rear outside.  There’s a nice breeze, and I have my knitting and Nascar.  Yep, I’m sittin’ and knittin’.  I’m working on Trevi today.  I’m on the 6th of 8 repeats.  I also have a finished project!

My Loksins are finished!  I used Hazel Knits in the Beach Glass colorway.  I purchased it at Woolgirl. I started these socks quite a while ago, but I just haven’t been in a sock mood.  Lace has pretty much taken over.  Here’s a better shot.

I’d better go enjoy the quiet time.  There isn’t much of it these days.

I almost forgot!  My new project is showing up on Moda Bake Shop on Monday morning at 8:00.

Back to my knitting!

There Are No Words

God Bless America!

I Love My Country!

Washington DC has been quite surreal!  I’ve been looking at photos of all of this for so many years and now we’re here!  Yesterday we went to the American History and the Natural History museums at the Smithsonian.  Both were good but today was amazing.  We started here.

The Library of Congress is unbelievably amazing, even if we had to be up by 6 AM to get there for our tour!  Here are the kids listening intently, enjoying some of it every minute!

Our next stop was the Botanical Gardens.  It too is gorgeous.  I have lots of pretty flower photos.

Our third tour of the day was here.

Do I need to tell anyone that this is the Capital?  We did a tour and then got to sit in the gallery of the House of Representatives, even though they weren’t in session.

Oh, and we walked a lot!  At least most of us did.

I know our country has flaws, but I love it.  There are some amazing people who sacrificed so much to establish our government.  Seeing these gorgeous buildings and the statues in the Capital building made all the history I’ve learned so much more real.  I’m looking forward to the next couple of days, even if my feet aren’t.

Oh, and for all of you that talk about knitting on your commutes, I got to knit on the Metro!  More on that later.  I need to put my poor, tired feet up for a while.

We Love Our KOA Campground!

KOA campgrounds are a blast.  There are lots of activities for kids.  Here are Ms In Charge and Frankie on some new toys!  They also had a big jumping thing and a pool.  There was a teen dance last night.  Dreamboy wouldn’t admit it, but he had fun.  We had a special visitor as well.  Uncle M came to visit.  It was a gorgeous cool evening.  We grilled burgers, had s’mores and watched the Minnesota Twins on the outside TV.  The Twins won so it was a perfect night.

Where were we?  I’ll give you a clue.

We were in Ohio.  This is the Longaberger basket headquarters.  We found it by accident because I forgot to print the directions to the waterpark!  We took the scenic route.

Here’s Trevi at the waterpark.  I’ve made it through 5 repeats.  They’re getting slower, but it’s so gorgeous!

As of tonight we’re outside of Washington DC.  My Hero drove and I worked on my second Loksin sock.  I also finished the yoke of my Eyelet Cardi and the sleeves are on waste yarn, and I’m working my way down the body.

Tomorrow…touring begins.  I think we’re going to start at the Smithsonian.  The forecast is for rain most of the week, so we got rain ponchos for everyone.

I’m going to sleep.  I need to prepare for the whining adventures of tomorrow!