My Trip

Wow, I've been busy since I got back! I'm just now able to get on here to give you all an update of my trip. Oh where to begin? I'll just give you a summary day by day:

Day 1: We flew out of Lansing to Chicago to Dulles. Flights went well, just a little turbulence on the first one. It was poring in Chicago and we had to run thru the rain from our plane to the airport. Not fun! I think we brought the weather with us to DC, since when we touched down it was cold and rainy. As we got nearer to my friend Audrey's house in Hopewell, VA, there was even a tornado warning in the county to the south of them.

Day 2: We needed a day to be lazy so after lounging in bed for awhile, we got dressed and went out to lunch at Chipoltes. Very good! I think we need to get one of those in MI. Then we did some shopping and went home for dinner and movie.

Day 3: D.C. day!!!!! We decided to check out Capitol Hill. First stop Library of Congress. Amazing building. So ornate and beautiful! Then we went next door to Supreme Court Building. We didn't go in, but it was still amazing to just stand outside and take pictures. After that, we walked around the Capitol Building. There is a little park area and nice walkways around it. I just loved being able to be so up close to it! Next time hopefully I can go in! After walking all the way around it (quite lengthy!) we walked all the way to Union Station to catch the Metro home. After a quick stop at TGIFridays for brownie icecream dessert we made the drive home!

Day 4: Well, our intentions at the beginning of the day was to get some beach time in and explore Chincoteaque Island. Well, to sum it all up, the few hour drive we thought it would be actually turned out to be 4 hours one way. So when we finally arrived it was cold, cloudy and late afternoon. So we spent about an hour walking around looking at the statue Misty horse and made our way home. So it was everything we thought it was going to be, but I got to see the Ocean, and you know... you live and you learn.

Day 5: We all needed a break. So, my friend Meredith and I babysat Levi (sweet sweet boy) while Audrey and her husband went out. Then later that night Will watched the baby while us girls had a girls night out. It was fun getting dressed up!

Day 6: Historic Williamsburg. I love this area! We took the Jamestown Ferry across the James River and then just spent time walking around Williamsburg. I think everyone should go visit Williamsburg and just walk around. College of William and Mary is beautiful and there are so many cute shops.

Day 7: Back to D.C.! We had quite the adventure on the drive there. We were close to DC when all of a sudden we realized we had a flat tire. So we pulled over on a 5 lane highway and our tire was shredded! So a state trooper ended up helping us out, told us where to go to get a new tire and we were back on the road in no time! God bless Trooper Smith! So once we reached DC, we made our way to Arlington. Honestly, there is no way to describe this experience. It was amazing and overwhelming at the same time. After that, we went to Georgetown. Oh my word! Traffic and people everywhere! It was still very cool to experience though.

Day 8: It was back to the airports. From the beginning it seemed we were running to catch flights. We went DC to Rochester to Chicago to Lansing. It felt nice to be home after that day of travel!

So know it's back to the real world. I've decided I wanted to become a professional vacationer. I love vacation mode! All in all, the trip was wonderful and I took tons of pictures. Since I can't even begin to pick some out to put on here, I will just say go check them out on facebook!