On to Washington DC

Vacation is finally here! I have the next two weeks off to just spend time with Stace and the kids exploring Washington DC and New York City. The morning was bright and sunny. Stacey made some pancakes and bacon for our traditional Saturday breakfast. After we cleaned up we got to visit with Frank and Stacey who are a fulltime family that our kids have really enjoyed spending time with along with their kids. It turns out they are heading to the same RV park we are in just a a few more days so everyone was glad we could reconnect there.

Brad & Kristi Schrier (Christian, mini collie) and all the McFarlane kids including the furry one, Heidi

Can this be the same bunch?

The drive was nice without any of the forecasted thunderstorm activity. The traffic was a little heavy and some of the drivers here are about as crazy as any we have seen on our travels but we made it to the RV park safely. There was a pretty big line of RVs at the registration line when we arrived but we were able to get to our site within about 15 minutes. We chose this park based on reviews of others and the fact that the metro buses stop right at the park so we can explore DC using the public transit system without having to drive and park.

After we got set up and had lunch we explored down to the pool and club house area. Both are nice and will be great for the hot days here. We then headed out to Target as Brynna really needs some good shoes for all of the walking we are going to be doing the next two weeks. Unfortunately we did not find any there but she did find a new swim suit and the other kids found some items that their gift cards from Brett and Paul helped pay for (thanks guys!).

We then went to Kohls with no luck on the shoe side either. Finally we tracked down a Payless shoes and were able to find a pair of shoes that should work. The park has kids movies every night and tonight was The Hobbit. We were not able to get back in time for it much to the disappointment of a couple of the kids.

Stace and I decided we would hit a church that is located by Dulles Airport which is also where one of the two Smithsonian Air and Space Museums are located. We are planning on spending the day at the museum as our first introduction to all of the sights to see here.

We walked a tiny bit on the park's nature trail on our tour of the facilities and Skylar let out a little squeal and we all looked and there was this huge beetle booking it across the path. It was fast! The cup is a mostly buried 32 oz drink cup for size reference.