Month: August 2005

  • Washington, D.C.

    Sunday morning was our last chance to get to Arlington National Cemetery before leaving Washington.  Therefore, we were up early once again and were at the cemetery by 8:15.  We decided to take the Tourmobile which would allow to get to the sites that we were most interested in quickly.  We stopped at the Kennedy…

  • Washington, D.C.

    We got up on Saturday morning and decided that we would visit Arlington National Cemetery before heading to the university.  When we left the hotel it was just sprinkling but when we got to the cemetery, it was pouring.  We decided that we would try later.  We got back to the hotel and were able…

  • Washington, D.C.

    We got up really early on Friday morning and arrived in Washington around 9:30am.  We left the car at the hotel (Best Western Key Bridge in Arlington, VA) and took the Metro into downtown Washington.  All the research we did said that driving and parking in downtown Washington is a nightmare.  We got off at…

  • Washington, D.C.

    Karen’s niece Liz is a sophmore at American University in Washington, D.C..  She is attending on a volleyball scholarship and whenever time permits, we like to catch a few games during the season.  We checked the schedule and we saw that there was a pre-season tournament in Washington.  We decided that we should go since…

  • Civic Day long weekend

    The second long weekend of the summer and we didn’t want to spend it at home.  Karen was lucky enough to get an invitation from her brother Rob to come to his island for the weekend.  We packed up the car and started heading towards North Bay.  You would think that after the July long…