DC

So I have definitely neglected the blog for a bit. I've just been enjoying summer :-)
As soon as school was out we began our summer fun by taking a trip to the East Coast. We were lucky to be able to experience so many fun and exciting things while we were there. In DC we had the chance to tour the Capital...so many neat things there including the bust of Brigham Young. We stopped by the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress for some pictures.

Capitol

Doors to the Supreme Court

US Supreme Court

               Brad was very excited as our trip got closer because he realized that his favorite hockey team would be playing in the finals while we were there. So we of course could not miss that since neither of us had ever been to a NHL game. It was a very exciting game and the Lightening won! It was awesome to see them win other than we were among about 5 Lightening fans there. There were a lot of angry fans, one cute little woman even told us good luck getting home safe but not to count on it. haha really? There ended up being a ton of police all throughout the streets and the metro because it was the night Bin Laden was found. We decided not to go to the White House and just head back to our hotel. The next day when we did visit the the White House we saw President Obama walking his dog with his daughters. We couldn't believe how much security was needed for walking a dog haha. 

We also went to Ford's theatre. The history in DC is incredible. We were also able to visit a few of the Smithsonian's....so much fun! It was impossible to see everything but we sure gave it a try :-) I really liked seeing Julia Child's kitchen! Brad was such a good sport and let me stay there watching all of the video clips and everything. He even pretending like it was a big deal when I explained why people left butter there haha poor guy but he humors me so that I can have fun.

We did a lot of walking and visited all of the Monuments, I liked the view from the Lincoln Memorial the most. The monuments are amazing at night!

   



World War 2 Memorial

We had time to visit Arlington National Cemetery and see the changing
 of the guard.The one thing I had requested was that we visit Mt. Vernon.
 It was so beautiful. We took a tour and we were the only two people
with our tour guide. She showed us things that weren't open to the public
and a few things from the National Treasure 2 movie. (Brad thought we
 had both seen it but I hadn't haha but we watched it when we got back home)

We spent a night in Gettysburg seeing where Lincoln's address was, and taking a segway tour of the battlefields. The segway tour was totally worth it. Again we were the only two people with our tour guide and we were able to see so much and learn things we would not have picked up on if we had done it alone. Plus lets be honest segways are a blast!

Okay I'm sure most females can agree with me when I say a town of chocolate is pretty much the best thing ever! So with that being said we could not miss out on driving to Hersey Penn could we? Nope! Brad was super excited to have the chocolate milk :-) We made our own candy bars and did chocolate tasting from around the world :-) Um yes A-mazing

 

We loved this part of our trip and when it was over it was time to continue on to Boston