A Whirlwind Weekend...

I think we spent last weekend in our nation's capital with Ryan and Jessica. :) Our flight out there was CRAZ-EE, nuts, ridiculous (and caused us to lose a day of our vacation-boo)! We had the "red-eye," but in our case, this included THREE flights. The layover/ flight in L.A. had a delay, which caused us to miss our flight from Chicago, which was experiencing power outages at the airport due to weather, which caused a six-hour delay and multiple flight cancellations, which meant 11 gate changes and tickets on three flights, which, in turn, all just made us bonkers! We finally got a flight into Baltimore, rushed to the Amtrak, caught the train to D.C., and made it to the restaurant before the end of happy hour! We were running on about three hours of sleep and so you can imagine Thursday night- exhausted. Friday, we all slept in until about noon (Hey- that's only 9:00 for us!). Andy was in no mood for sight-seeing, so he waited until 5pm for the "lost luggage." I took the Metro and spent almost three hours at the National Gallery of Art. It was sooo hot (I do NOT miss HUMIDITY!) outside, but I had a wonderful time inside. Friday night, we went to a bar that had OVER 1,000 different beers! Saturday, we went to see Jessica's museum. She works at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which just re-opened July 1st. ( http://americanart.si.edu/index3.cfm) It was a great visit! We all enjoyed seeing the different pieces, while getting the "inside scoop" from Jessica. Then, we walked over to The White House, The WWII Memorial, and The Lincoln Monument. It was a good day and we can say that we did the "touristy stuff." Saturday night, we finished off our Euchre tournament... with Ryan and Amy coming out victorious FIVE games to ONE! After we watched the sunrise (huh?!), we went to bed around 6:30am, so we could get up to leave to come home at 10am (I suppose that "night" was really just a nap!). We made it home safely and now you know why this trip was a "whirlwind!" I am going to download some pictures from the weekend...