Karen’s niece Liz is a senior at American University on a volleyball scholarship. We wanted to catch a few more games before she finishes school and fortunately for us the AU Eagles were playing against schools that were within 6 hours driving time. We were planning on leaving early but we learned that two of…
We got up and packed up the car for the long trip home. We stopped and had lunch at the Dutch Pantry in Dubois, Pennsylvania. We took a slight detour into Olean, New York so that we could stop by a Jo-Anns store to pick up cardstock for the Paris Fair. We had dinner at…
Since it was such a late night last night, we decided that we should sleep in. Once we got up, we headed over to The Market Common. This is a really fancy area of Arlington with lots of nice shops. Liz told us about this store called The Container Store that we wanted to check out. …
We got up early on Friday morning, had breakfast at the hotel and started on our journey to Washington. On our way there, we decided to stop at the Antietam National Battlefield. This is the site of the bloodiest one day battle in American history. On September 17, 1862, over 23,000 soldiers were killed. It…
Karen’s niece Liz is attending school at American University on a volleyball scholarship. This happens to be her final year so we thought it would be nice to catch the pre-season tournament in Washington. We left home around 9am and crossed the border without any troubles. Our passports are sure getting a workout lately. We…