Over the weekend Nathan and I went to Alexandria, VA for his brother and law's (Big John) promotion to colonel. The weekend started with us driving to Alexandria. We were hoping to leave around 3:15 pm or so, but we did not get on the road until about 5:30pm. We had planned to drive to Richmond and stay at a hotel and get up the next morning and drive to Alexandria. If we had left on time, we would have made it to the hotel at about 1:15 am or so, but we actually got there at about 3:30 am. We checked in, slept until about 6:30, got ready and then we were on the road by 7:00. We just made it to his sister's (Teresa) house-they were starting to get in the cars. We all drove to the metro and went to the Pentagon, which is were the promotion ceremony took place. The ceremony was nice and afterwards we went to the reception. After the reception we got to tour the Pentagon. I would have liked to take pictures, but we were not allowed-which is understandable. I would just like to say that the Pentagon is really cool and I am so glad that I stayed with my group because that place is easy to get lost in. It's huge!
Later that night we went to a party in celebration of Big John's promotion. We kind of got lost going there, but eventually we made it. We had a great time meeting new people and hanging out.
On Saturday I went to the National Gallery of Art in the afternoon with Nathan's brother Sean and his family. I was really excited because I absolutely LOVE art museums. I can tell you I was not disappointed with this one! It had a wonderful collection and best of all-it was free! Apparently all of the Smithsonian Museums are free. Tax dollars at work (that's at least the reason people gave me). The highlight of the museum was that they had a wonderful collection of Monets. Monet is my favorite artist (you would have thought that it was a Spanish one, huh?). Three of the paintings there stood out to me because I have the prints at home. I thought that it was awesome that I got to see them up close and in person.
After the museum we went to mass. After mass we went back to Big John and Teresa's house and hung out and ate dinner. Later that night Big John gave some of us a tour of Washington D.C. I had seen some of it earlier in the day, but seeing it at night was so nice. Washington D.C. looks absolutely beautiful at night. We got to see the Capitol, the White House (which was smaller that what I thought it was going to be), the Washington Monument (from far away), the WWII Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial Wall, the Lincoln Memorial (HUGE!), the Korean War Memorial and the Marine Memorial. We also drove by Arlington Cemetery, but since it was late at night we weren't able to go in. I saw the eternal flame from JFK's burial site from far away.
Sunday was basically a travel day. We left around 10:30 am or so and arrived back in Warner Robins around 11:00 pm. Overall the whole trip was wonderful. I got to meet some more of Nathan's family and I got to see some awesome sights. I can't wait to go back and see things that I did not get to see this time.
I took lots of pictures, but at the moment I only have one with me. So for now, I leave you with this picture of Nathan and I in front of the Capitol at night.
I'll post more pictures when I get home from school later.
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