Day 30

We make plans to make plans to find a place formal to sleep that night.

First we need to re-associate with society.

We do this by essentially showering in Target's parking lot. Refreshed we take a look at the map, call our contacts and figure out what we're going to be doing with the rest of our money.

Decision is to DC it until the 5 or 6th at the Christoph stronghold with the likes of Blake, Jenny Kevin, & Nicole.

Problem is we have to wait for everybody to get off work. It is 10 am on a Wednesday.

Some McDonald's caffeine provides the drive for a solution. How about we get a start on the Smithsonians?

We make our way over to the Metro station where Shane is mugged right in front of me.

Tricky ticket machines.

The station ticket helper guy is of no assistance, he actually confuses us more. It's another whatever.

The Smithsonian does not disappoint. It overwhelms actually. Time for another coffee.

We finagle our way back to Virginia & make our way toward the Christoph home. The drive is only 15 miles, but we get stopped by tollbooths twice each time they want $5. what happened to a quarter?

What an all-American family. Dad is a ranking military/government guy, mom is a sweetheart code writing, cooking machine, son is a fighter pilot, & the daughter freshly engaged special-ed teacher.

We laugh, eat way too much & watch a movie before falling asleep in our very own rooms