Washington, DC

In August of 2006 I went to visit Ben and Emily in DC. It was a great trip and a fun time. We did all sorts of things. Emily picked me up from the airport and we went and had lunch with Ben at this awesome little deli down the street from his office. Emily and I walked around a little park and then we went and met her friend Maria at the National History Museum. My favorite place in the world. We walked around in the museum and saw all sorts of interesting things. Maria and Emily were GREAT tour guides. We walked across the Mall and went to this little cafe outside the Met and had a drink and then we parted ways and headed back to Ben and Emily's house where we chilled out and waited for my little brother to get off work. We had a WONDERFUL dinner of salmon that Ben and Emily cooked on the grill. Absolutely FAB-U-LOUS!!!. The next day we went to Mount Vernon. What a beautiful place. I absolutely loved Goerge Washinton's home on the Potomac. We visited his house, which they wouldn't let us take pictures of and the Gristmill and the Distillery that Washington had on his property.

We went back home and had dinner and got ready for the next day which we spent in Baltimore, Maryland. We met my friend Tom at the Aquarium in Baltimore. We had a great time. We had lunch at a Hard Rock Cafe and then mosied on over to the aquarium. We saw sharks and rays, which are Emily's favorite. We saw a dolphin show which was awesome. There was a momma and baby dolphin, but they didn't want to preform for the crowd. We then saw the most adorable animal in the world. A little Puffin. he was just too cute, and if there were not a glass partition between us, I would have stuck him in my purse and taken him home with me. He was just too too cute. He was shy and didn't want to swim in the cold water. He would stick his little fooot in the water and take it out and shake it and think, " Sheesh, this water is too cold for me, these other little puffins are insane." We also went to the rain forrest and saw some beautiful birds. We had a great time together and went back to the house for dinner. We had a wonderful time and I cannot wait to take Belle up to visit Uncle Bubba and Aunt Emily.