Our Trip

Moving On

Julia graduated May 29, 2009. Now I'm moving on to other important projects like learning computer so I can organize my pictures and stay in contact with the whole world and do my geneology and life history. I also think I'll start watercoloring again. I did it in high school and was pretty good so that's another option. And traveling is on of my hobbies. So, for Norlen's b-day I dragged him to Washington, DC which was one of the best trips we've ever had. I think it's because we got to live history and walk in the past of this great country. I was amazed at everything from the monuments to the White House. The Holocaust Museum and Arlington Cemetary broke my heart along with Gettsburg. To read the Gettysburg Address right at the sight of that battle was overwhelming. Then to see Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg where we stayed for several days. Coming back to DC all I wanted to see was the DC temple. As we came around the corner it's spires vaulted right out of the green trees. It was breath taking. The visitors center was one of the largest I've ever seen. We also saw the Washington Catherdral. Each museum we saw in a few hours and each city in a few days. You could easily spend a year and not see everything. We took the bridge over the Chesapeake Bay and went to Virginia Beach. We saw Georgetown and China town. In fact the man from Spanish Fork that I sat by on the plane was standing in the rain on a corner in China town. Out of all the places we'd been and all the people we saw that was a neat experience. Someday I'll know why it happened. Norlen said he enjoyed it but I think I wore him out. He had blisters on his feet the first day so we had to invest in duct tape which works very well. Then I came home and read the book Left to Tell and watched the movie Hotel Rawanda and Gettysburg. Now I'm going to learn about the Spanish Inquisition that so many in Spain talked about when I was there 35 years ago.

School Days Are Over