Day 350 (West Wing)

Most of these pictures are from yesterday. I'm still sick, but feeling a little better and I took a long nap at my friend Tom's house in North Carolina so here we go!

The first thing we did yesterday was get library cards for the library of congress. This was interesting because you have to go to the Madison Memorial Building, a whole other building across the street to get them.

We spent a little while in the Library of Congress and then went to look at the Supreme Court.

After that, we went to Arlington Cemetery.

Here is the Eternal Flame in front of Kennedy's tomb.

And, we watched the changing of the guard.

Our final D.C. experience was a tour of the West Wing, which you can only do if know someone that works at the White house, which fortunately for us, I do :-)

There's a lot of construction going on at the White House right now.

This is us messing around in the Press Briefing Room...SO COOL!!!!

PICTURE OF THE DAY: This Pikachu hangs from a camera in the back of the Press Briefing Room, I guess so the president has something to focus on?

Day 349 (The Flu)

Yes, I have the flu. I am too sick to do a proper blog, but I did see the Oval Office today and I peed in one of the West Wing bathrooms. I will try to download pictures tomorrow, but for now, I'm going to bed. Night!

Day 347 (Luray Caverns)

My mom and I decided to give ourselves a break from D.C. today and instead go to Luray Caverns in Maryland and Harpers Ferry in West Virginia. (Not to mention the fact that it was stinkin' hot today, and it's cold inside of caves!)

Luray Caverns are the largest caves in the Eastern United States and they are FILLED with amazing formations! I was completely stunned by the beauty of these caves and I wish you all the chance to see them for yourselves someday.

This took my breath away. It was a large, very still pool of water reflecting the ceiling above like a mirror. See those formations on the bottom? Those are actually reflections of the formations above!

Luray Caverns boasts the largest musical instrument in the world. An organ is attached to 37 stalactites throughout the cavern, each with one of these little rubber hammer things attached to it.

The hammer taps the stalactite, producing the musical note. One of the rangers pushes a button every few minutes, causing the organ to play.

One of the pools has been converted into a wishing well, and every year, the rangers take out all of the money and donate it to charity.

Probably most people's favorite formation in the cave, the fried eggs!

After Luray Caverns, we went to Harpers Ferry, WV, a tiny historic town, complete with its own ruins. It reminded me of pictures I had seen of little towns in Europe.

This is the pub in Harpers Ferry where my mom and I had dinner. (We had to change tables because I discovered a wasp nest about a foot away from where I was sitting!)

This is what we had for dinner! We split a plate of Irish nachos: homemade potato chips smothered with a cheddar sauce made with Irish stout, grilled steak, diced tomatoes and green onions. Yes! We had potato chips for dinner, and it was worth every single calorie!

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