The Museum of Natural History,
The Hope Diamond.
The US Capitol Building. This and many other monuments in the city were virtual geocaches. I guess they don't want you digging around in the bushes for strange containers in our nations capitol!
We spent Memorial Day at Rolling Thunder. It took 2 hrs 35 min for all the motorcycles to come into the National Mall from the Pentagon. It was an amazing to see and hear!!
This is the Korean War Memorial.
The bikes are all parked in a field after they come into the Mall. It was fun to walk around and see all the interesting bikes and talk to the veterans.
We were honored to meet this veteran at the Wall. He lost all these friends in Iraq, and was gracious enough to let us take this picture.
JFK's Eternal Flame
We got to see the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Leaving Washington DC we drove thru some gorgeous country in Virginia and West Virginia. We discovered that there are no straight roads in West Virginia. A couple of rainstorms slowed us down, at one point we even had to pull off the road and wait for the storm to pass as it was just not safe to drive in. We were rewarded with miles of scenery with mist rising off the forest.
We spent a couple of days outside of Central City, Kentucky, and I got a chance to visit with my old friend and one time pastor, Jeff Harkin, who I had not seen in almost 30 years. It was so fun to see him!!
Central City is also the home of the Everly Brothers.
Paduca, Kentucky, Home of the National Quilt Museum. Vince was not too excited for this side trip, but once inside, he did enjoy seeing the quilts. These works of art are amazing. They have a section of vintage quilts, some over 100 years old. Our favorite quilt was the "Lord of the Rings" quilt. It was hard to believe that it was made of fabric and thread!! Unfortunately, they did not allow pictures inside.
Metropolis, Illinois was our next stop. The home of, you guessed it, Superman. The museum has a incredible collection of Superman memorabilia and a fun gift store!
New Haven, Missouri is the home of Richard Cutler, a friend of Vince's since elementary school. We parked in their yard for ten days, and they took us out to see the sites. Herman, MO is a town settled by Germans, and they make great bratwurst there. We stocked up on flavors such as cherry, pear & Gorgonzola, maple & apple brats! We took a day to go into St. Louis and visit the Civil War in Missouri exhibit at the museum, Forest Park, and the Arch.
This is listed as a must stop in all of our Route 66 books! So of course we had to stop here. Good custard!
We made it back to Clearfield, Utah in time to be with our oldest grandson, Nic, as he turned15. As you can see, he is a bit taller than Grandpa!!
Ethan with his dog "Bones"
While we were in Clearfield, we stayed in Rachel and Stacy's yard. It was great to be able to spend so much time with the boys.
We ended up having to evict our renters for many reasons. They left the house in pretty bad shape, but after two weeks of work we were ready to rent it out again. Originally, we had wanted to rent only to military, as the house is 3 blocks away from the southwest gate of Hill Air Force Base. So now we have a couple in the house from Colorado. She is the airman; just graduated from boot camp and has a 2 year assignment at Hill. They own a house in Colorado that they have had to rent out so they understand being absentee landlords. All of our neighbors have told us how much they love our new tenants, and the yard already looks great, so we are looking forward to the next 2 years on the road!
We were in charge of the Robinson (Vince's family) Reunion this year. It was held at Crystal Hot Springs, just north of Brigham City, Utah. This is a place where cold and hot springs come out of the ground very close to each other, and they have 6 different mineral pools with varied temperatures of water and two big water slides. The kids had so much fun on the slides and the adults loved soaking in the hot tubs. We had 110 people at the reunion and a great time was had by all.
Isaac (Vince's son), Tammy (Vince's sister), Jeppa (Vince's daughter), and our granddaughter Lutra.
Jeppa and Lutra flew down from Seattle for the reunion. It was so great to have them with us!
The kids are back in school; Nic started High School and Ethan in the 1st grade. We have the house rented, have been to all of our many doctor's appointments, Fritz has been to the vet, and it is time to hit the road again! We are going to Seattle first, to spend time with Lutra, then will go up by Port Townsend to an Escapee RV park for the month of October. From there to the Napa Valley to spend the holidays with the grandkids there, and then down to Arizona.
And, who knows, I may even keep up on this blog!!
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