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!

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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.