Day 10 - Road Trip 2014

WOW!!!  What a day! What a great day!!

We drove in to DC from Virgina this morning and parked at Union Station and took a cab over to The White House.  That HOV lane on I95 rocks!!!  Thank you Uncle Brent for the perfect directions.

Judge (Congressman) Carter provided us with a special White House tour today.  I am not sure that words do justice to the feeling you get once you are inside The House that holds so much history.  We loved all of the candid photos of presidents, their families, friends and pets.  You could almost hear the laughs that you see in each painting and photo!  We loved it! 

Of course my phone was the only one that rang going through security!  I almost died!!

It was Brent...on find my friends we looked lost...so he called to make sure we made it :)

We ate breakfast at Old Ebbitt Grill.  The kids loved the Walrus on the wall the best!  Here is a link for a little history 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Ebbitt_Grill

Very good food and VERY nice people.  The host gave the kids chocolates from The White House :)

After breakfast we headed back to Union Station, and booked it to Monticello!

This is my favorite place on our trip!!!  I love everything Thomas Jefferson!  I can not wait to get home to read more about this amazing man.  We purposefully did not finish every part of Monticello because I want Dan to do this tour!  He will LOVE it.  We are planning to come back soon.  We talked 3 times while we where there.  Dan knows so much of the history all ready but will love all of the side stories you get from being there with a tour guide.  Our tour guide, Tom, was awesome!!

We stopped at Carter Mountain Orchard on our way down the hill.  The Peach & Apple Cider are the best I have ever had!  Really!!!  You feel like you are on top of the world looking down.  It is gorgeous.  Well worth the stop!

We headed to Covington to see The Humpback Covered Bridge.  It is one of the last covered bridges that is higher in the middle than on either side. You can walk through it.  The kids thought it was pretty cool and I surely did!

Then we went to Charleston, WV,  to see their Capitol Building.   The gold dome is so beautiful!  It is 5ft higher than the US Capitol.  Sterling took pictures on his itouch so I will have to upload those another day. 

Now, we are safely tucked away at Pullman Plaza in Huntington WV for the night.  Does anyone know trivia about this town?  We got in late but plan to visit a couple of places here tomorrow before we leave town.  I can't wait to share some interesting facts with y'all :)  

We all miss Daddy...VERY much!  Kenedy asked this morning if we were going home...today?  Sweet girl!  We are officially on our way home!!!!  Traveled mostly west today but heading south tomorrow.  We are going to see some horses! 

We had some tears this morning saying goodbye to Uncle Brent.  

I have to say that this day has worn me out!  We had to leave Brent's at 6:00am just to make sure we made it to The White House on time and now it is after 11:00 pm...my wagon is dragin'!  Goodnight!

Road Trip Song of the Day...

On the Road Again by Willie Nelson

Day 10 - Road Trip 2014