Slackin on the updates

I know that I'm slackin on the updates here, it's because we've been staying up late and getting more and more tired as we get toward the end. At least I am I don't know if mom is. But, anyway, after we left Kari and Gena's, we continued on to Charleston South Carolina. We stopped in the visitors center for a moment, after which we continued down to the Charleston Markets. In the markets there were a lot of cool unique shops, but we of course had to buy a Sea Grass baskets which are outrageously expensive by the way. Then we walked around the coast for a little bit after which we continued down the road to Savannah Georgia. We were a little tired, so we decided to do stuff in Savannah tomorrow. The next day we did a bus tour of Savannah which was very interesting, after which we went to their Market square. They didn't have as many cool shops, but they had an awesome candy shop where they made their own taffy. It tasted great so we of course bought some. Then we took a four hour drive down to Cocoa Beach which is where we stayed the night. The next day we did Kennedy Space Center which was really cool. It had so much stuff, I'm not going to try and explain it all. After the Space Center we stayed in Orlando for the night. We were right next to downtown Disney, so we of course went to the Lego store. We went at like 9:30 and it was jam packed, full of kids. So after I bought 1 nice model, we went to bed. The next day we went to Wonder Works in Orlando. It's a cool museum with a lot of cool hands on exhibits. After Wonder Works we went down to Miami where we are now staying with Hannah and Dan! That's the end of these past few days. Now I'm going to go to bed.

Happy Birthday! (Days 34/35)

Happy Birthday to me! Yes that's right, day 35 is August 2nd which is my birthday. For a rough start it has sure turned out to be a great day. On Sunday we made the eight hour drive from DC to Columbia South Carolina where mom's cousins (and my some kind of relation) live. It was great, we had a real southern dinner which was delicious and included food such as ribs, hush puppies, and fried chicken. Everything was great until I realized that I had left the keys in the trunk and that my spare key was locked in the car! It was a good thing that we had at least already gotten our suitcases out. But that put a shadow over the rest of the night. So tomorrow it's my birthday and we can't get into our car. But luckily we got a locksmith over at 9 in the morning and he was able to open the car in about 5 seconds. So without further ado we continued on to Charleston. We stopped in Charleston so that mom could get a sea grass basket (which are outrageously expensive) and so that we could look at some of the mansions. We didn't go in any of them, but it was just as cool to look at them from the outside. We stopped for lunch at a local deli, which was incredibly delicious and then continued on to Savannah Georgia. Now in Savannah, we went to a local buffet and then got our hair cut, because we both thought our hair was getting long. So overall it was a great birthday!

GG22

Note from Mom: Yes the basket is expensive but it is my one treat for the trip...it is worth it. Also, we stopped and bought hot boiled peanuts. Tyler thought they tasted like mashed potatoes. Hannah thinks they taste like black beans. I thought they tasted great. If you haven't eaten them, try them, you may like them

The Maryland of D.C. (Days 30-33)

These past 4 days have been an exciting addition to our trip. On Wednesday (Day 29) we drove from Philadelphia to Maryland where Uncle Rick and Aunt Carolyn live. On the way we stopped at Gettysburg and saw all of that. But other than that we just hung out with Rick and Carolyn. On Thursday (Day 30) we decided that we wanted to go torture ourselves. Wednesday in D.C. brought weather that was about 90 degrees with somewhere around 1000% humidity. We had tickets to the White House so we went over there and waited in line for 1 and a half hours to get in. Well turned out that the white house lost 100 reservations for the day and we were of course one of them. So they took mom’s ID to see if they could find our reservation. So they came back 20 minutes later with it and told us that our reservation was for tomorrow. So we went on our way and looked around the Library of Congress and then continued on to do an excellent tour of the Capitol building. So we get back to Rick’s a house and we’re still upset about the White House, so we go to the reservation email and, lo and behold, our reservation was for the 29^th! So that was the pure torture for the day. It wasn’t too bad of a day though because once we got back to Ricks house we watched some good ‘ol Jeeves and Wooster, which is probably the greatest comedy of all time. On Friday we went a little bit slower. We visited the National Cathedral and National Catholic Shrine. The Shrine was covered in mosaics and was very beautiful, while the Cathedral was the classic, massive, intricate type of cathedral that you always see. After those attractions, we had to drop Adrienne off at the airport. After Adrienne was gone, we went back to Rick’s house where we had dinner with our other uncle, Don, and his family. On Saturday Rick and I went to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. It’s not the one that’s on the Mall in DC but is out by Dulles Airport and is a giant hanger with around 150 aircraft, and a Space Shuttle. It was an amazing museum and we just about spent the whole day there, while the lady’s stayed at home and relaxed. And thus ended our D.C Tour.

P.S. Week 4 may be a week late but it's coming. It's done I just need to export in HD which takes hours.

The Land of Brotherly Love and Unicorns (Day 29)

Okay lets get one thing straight right off the bat: today had absolutely nothing to do with unicorns.  I just felt like adding that in because I felt like the title was missing something.  But today we went to Philadelphia which, as we saw on a sign, is the land of brotherly love (that's where that part comes from).  We obviously went to Philly to see the sights and whatnot that was around that area.  We saw such places as: Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and Ben Franklin's home.  Fun fact for you: did you know that when politicians heard about Franklin's death they calmed and soothed themselves by writing poetry.  We heard that in a movie about him and me and Adrienne thought it was hilarious until we realized that no one else in the theater was laughing.  After Philly we went on to Valley Forge and spent an hour or so in there.  Once we finished in there we continued to the hotel.  After we checked in we went out and got some classic cheese steaks, which I have to say are absolutely delicious.  Thus ends another fun day on our trip.

GG22

P.s. vlog coming soon

The Big Apple and the Likes (Days: 26-28)

Day 26:
Today we went to the Newport mansions.  We saw the Breakers, Marble house and The Elms.  They were all very interesting and had cool parts on each house.  For me the best part by far was the behind the scenes tour of the Elms where you got to see where all the servants worked.  You weren't allowed to take any pictures inside, so I don't really have any photos to post for today.
Day 27:
Today we did NOTHING outrageously exciting, we went to a ward in Groton, CT where Mom actually knew someone, and then we continued on thru CT and NY to Sparta New Jersey where we are now staying with our friends, the Richards.  That is all that happened today.
Day 28:
You can tell this is being written late at night because these are all really short.  We got up nice and early and caught the 8:55 to Manhattan where we immediately got out and went to the Empire State Building.  It took us about two hours to do it, but we did, I forgot how great of a view it was.  After that we took the 1 down to the ferry that takes you to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.  It took use 2 hours just to get onto the ferry and then a lot more to see everything we wanted.  After that and one incredibly crowded train ride back and now I'm here writing this.  I may post pictures tomorrow, but I'm a little tired right now so this is all you get.

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