Welcome to Virginia!

Day 2 of our trip was much more relaxed. We drove to Virginia the night before, and after a day of walking everywhere, we were ready to do some relaxing. We stayed at a resort in Massanutten, which had tons of classes, amenities, options, etc.

Welcome to Virginia!

The morning's big activity was painting glassware. It was very relaxing and cool to have a painted glass to take home at the end of it. I still have to bake mine so the paint won't come off.

We also had to take care of rental car stuff, which turned out to be sort of cool, because it meant driving through the countryside in Shenandoah Valley. Below is an example picture of just how pretty this area is.

In the evening my friends went to a "Mixology" class, which they seemed to really enjoy. I wasn't super interested, so I took the evening to watch sitcoms and color in my new adult coloring book. After all, what's a vacation if you don't take time to relax? :D

What We Ate:
Breakfast - Cereal (a box to last the entire week, since not everyone ate breakfast)
Lunch - Pizza bagels (another money saver!)
Dinner - Nachos (not an exciting day for food, eh?)

Washington D.C.

Hi all! I took a trip with friends last week, and I will be uploading day-by-day what we did. We spent one day in Washington D.C., and then three days in Virginia. We wanted to spend more time over on the east coast, but the "snowmageddon" threw a wrench in our plans.

The first day was devoted entirely to D.C. My friend has relatives in Virginia, so we bunked there and then took the metro over to Washington D.C. Here are some of my favorite photos from the day.

In front of the Washington monument. (Photo taken by Becki)

By the way, we counted. There are 50 flags surrounding the Washington monument. No representation for the district or territories of our country. :P

In front of the Lincoln memorial. (Photo taken by Becki)

Lincoln memorial

The mall

(Photo by Becki)

There was a lot of walking that day. According to my phone, 16,837 steps (which is a lot for me at least...). It made the metro ride back that much more enjoyable. It was also snowing outside, which I loved. Snow is an exciting thing for some of us Arizonians. :)

We spent the second half of the day at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. I loved it! I wish I had taken more pictures, but the best one I have is this picture of a triceratops. We only had about three hours to spend there, but I could have easily spent all day. The museum is free, and had exhibits on animals, the ocean, the history of man, outer space, rocks and minerals, and bones, just to name a few! One day I want to go back and just spend days going to the different Smithsonian museums.

The capital after the snow had stopped.

All in all, a great day! I definitely want to make it back to Washington D.C. some time, and absorb even more history and culture and information. One day was enough to give me a taste, but definitely wasn't enough time to see it all. :)

What We Ate:

Breakfast - Egg casserole prepared by my friend's wonderful aunt

Lunch - Sandwich from Potbelly's (my friends favorite "east coast" restaurant, which has since expanded out to Arizona.)

Dinner - Burgers from Fudrucker's (another great choice, as we were all pretty hangry by this time...)

What I Was Glad I Brought:

Walking shoes

Warm jacket, gloves, scarf

What I Wish I Brought

Ear warmer

A purse (I just had my wallet)