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Arlington Cemetery, Dover Delaware, and the United States Capitol

By on Jun 6, 2019 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

Tuesday, April 30~ We didn’t do much this day. RJ worked most of the day and I blogged for awhile before walking to Arlington Cemetery.     I watched the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier several times and walked around the cemetery until RJ met me there to watch the Changing of the Guard. It is fascinating to watch the guards. Everything is timed to the second. They are never off. They walk 21 steps, turn and face the Tomb for 21 seconds, turn back to the mat and change their rifle to the outside shoulder and count 21 seconds, walk 21 steps to the other side of the mat, turn and face the Tomb again for 21 seconds, turn back to the mat and change their rifle to the outside shoulder and count 21 seconds, then repeat until the Changing of the Guard. A few fun facts about the Tomb, guards, and cemetery: The Tomb is guarded 365 days a year, 24 hours a day...

Annapolis, Maryland and the National Mall

By on Jun 3, 2019 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

Monday, April 29~ RJ worked for a few hours in the morning at our Airbnb and then we drove 40 miles to Annapolis, Maryland in the afternoon.  Annapolis is a CUTE little city and the State House is situated in the middle of the State Circle with cute little shops, houses and restaurants surrounding it. You can see the Chesapeake Bay a couple blocks away and smell the ocean air.  We walk in and there’s a sign that says: I had forgotten my ID back at the Airbnb and RJ left his in the back case on the bike. I thought they weren’t going to let us through security without my ID and the afternoon trip would be for nothing. But then they said if RJ had his we would be ok. So RJ ran back out to the bike to get his ID.  This capitol is right up there as one the cutest capitol we have been to so far. It’s on the small side as far as capitol buildings go with beautiful grounds and full of rich...

Charleston, West Virginia

By on May 26, 2019 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

Sunday, April 28– We packed up and drove the short distance to Charleston. The dome of the capitol is so tall, we could see it before we got off the freeway. In fact, the state capitol is the tallest building in West Virginia.  It overlooks the banks of the Kanawha River. We parked close to the water and headed inside. Well, we tried to. We walked half way around the building, trying five different entrances before finding a door that was open. The capitol is a massive structure with two long wings on the east and west side connecting the main building. It was easy to get lost inside. The rotunda was under major construction on the inside and outside so we couldn’t see any of it. That was a bummer because the rotunda is usually the most beautiful part of the capitols. The House and Senate chambers were locked as well. And, because it was a Sunday, the information desk was closed...

Frankfort, Kentucky

By on May 19, 2019 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

–Saturday, April 27– We woke up with a start, RJ having remembered there was a time change half way through Kentucky and we needed to leave RIGHT NOW if we were going to make it to the capitol before it closed. We had less than a 30 minute buffer.  I scrambled around, stuffing everything into our saddle bags. We threw on our gear and made a bee line to Frankfort.  We made up time by taking the freeway, the fastest route, which is also the most boring but we had 20 minutes to spare by the time we screeched into the parking lot in Frankfort several hours later.  The capitol building was beautiful and void of anyone except the security guard and the receptionist. We took a hurried little tour. The House and Senate doors were closed but we were able to peak in the windows.  There wasn’t a gift shop but the lady at the front desk told us to check out a chocolate store down the...

Time in Kansas and the Missouri Capitol

By on May 13, 2019 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

Monday, April 22 – Thursday, April 25 We spent the next four days at my grandparent’s house. We ladies found all kinds of things to keep busy with while Grandpa and RJ were working. I had a great time galavanting around town and the country side with Grandma and Maria in the van. We set a puzzle, played card games and ate out a couple times. I got to see a lot of my old school friends so that was really awesome. We packed up and left Grandpa’s Thursday evening after supper. RJ had been route planning earlier that day and figured out that we could be home close to two weeks earlier if we got a bit of a head start. With the weekend hours or lack there of for some capitol buildings, it’s tricky trying to plan the route and make sure we get everywhere we need to be in the right amount of time. So I quickly did a load of wash and packed everything up that afternoon....