End of the line for now

Today we drive what is one of the most harrowing parts of the trip for me - through New York and up to Grandma and Grandpa's house. If I were smart, I would have planned to go around, but I'm not that smart sometimes, so we proceed leaving the Naval Weapons Station at Earle, NJ and heading up the Jersery Turnpike and through the city on 95. If anyone has a few prayers to spare, well, I'm sure I can use them!

The last week was a nice, relaxing time in DC, if that is possible. Dancing Grandma was still with us, and we explored the city a little. It was hot, it was humid, and it was a lot of fun. We took an afternoon walk through the National Mall, and our first trip to the WWII memorial, the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Wall. It was interesting to be there the fifth of July and I was impressed at how well the Parks Department was able to clean up the grounds overnight, as I'm sure my fellow countrymen did a fine job of leaving trash everywhere, although I like to hope it was just a tidy crowd.

It was nice to go back to the Museum of Natural History, which has always been the kiddos' fave. We tried to do the Museum of Air and Space, but it was so crowded that all of the hands on stuff was nearly hands off, which was a little hard to handle. We also took an evening drive up to the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, and walked the waterfront for a while.

We stayed at Andrews AFB for a few nights and the kids were a little sad that we couldn't stay until Saturday or Sunday as the lady in the office said that the President comes to golf there regularly and Secret Service allows guests to say hello and shake hands on occasion,  Um, no thanks, not sticking around in the hopes of shaking the hands of a man that may not even be there. Besides, he was at my graduation when I got my Masters, as the Guest Speaker and I was unimpressed then and probably less so now.

And today, well, today will likely be hell, but as always we will make it through, and hopefully, the people waiting at the other end of the bridges and tunnels of NYC will make it all worth while, much better than shaking hands with the silly president!