We're all a little Nutty

Planes, trains and automobiles...and boats, and by foot (and sometimes hands). We put on lots of miles on our adventure around the eastern United States.  Here are some of the highlights: After the person in front of these guys asked them AGAIN to stop kicking his seat, we switched up the seating arrangements for the plane.  Walking to the train station in DC  Mckay was kind enough to play Barbies with Lizzie on the train from DC to NJ.  Lizzie and Dillon swam in Seneca Lake at sunset, but they swam RAPIDLY because the algae floating everywhere was so gross.  We loved our trusty van.  The nicest part was the New Jersey plates, which protected us from the usual "Oh...they're weird because they are from Utah."  They had to study us a little more before they settled on that conclusion.  One of the places we camped was an LDS church camp, complete with it's own pond, called "The Waters of Mormon."  We were the only ones there t...

Our trip to the Sacred Grove wasn't your usual "sunbeams through the tall trees" experience either.  It was memorable nonetheless.

As the sky has darkened and the wind is blowing and the thunder is rolling across the sky, I can't help but remember our visit to the Lincoln Memorial a few weeks ago.  We were at the Washington Monument with partly sunny skies when the first scattered drops started falling.  As we walked toward the Lincoln Memorial, the sky unleashed its fury on us.  We sought shelter from the trees in vain.  We ran to our destination, where water was flowing down the steps like a waterfall.  As Lee described, we couldn't have been wetter if we had jumped in a lake.  Happy memories... I just noticed that Lee's backside is dry.  That's how you know we were running!