Day Eighteen

We woke up, packed, and headed to Arlington Cemetery.  We took a tram tour of the cemetery, and believe me, the excitement was building to get back home!  At the end of the tour when we headed back to the Visitor's Center, we heard a loud pop that sounded like almost like a gun shot.  As it turns out, a tire had popped!  We laughed as we waited for another tram to come and get us.  Finally, we decided just to walk as were too ready to hit the road!

We were fortunate that we missed traffic and made it to Greensboro in around five hours.  We stopped there to pick up our dog and to eat with my family.  We got to eat with four of our sweet nieces and my mom.  It was so good to see them after almost a month!  Sadie, who was spoiled and loved on by my nieces, was still excited to see us and we were excited to see her :).

From the time we left Charlotte, Saturday June 28th until our return home, we traveled 3,837 miles! We stayed in 15 different hotels and stopped for gas 14 times.  

Favorites from our trip (I let them tell me three, although they said there were more :):

Elizabeth: Our tour of the Capitol in D.C. (she really liked our tour guide)

                 The "Moses" play

Benjamin: The changing of the guards in Ottawa

                 Niagara Falls

                 "Moses"

Rebekah:   9/11 Museum

                   Niagara Falls

                   "Moses"

Jonathan:    The changing of the guard in Ottowa

                    The soldiers at Arlington Cemetery

                     "Moses"

Trey:            9/11 Museum & Memorial

                    Eating lobster in Maine

                    Niagara Falls

Harvey:         Cave of the Winds @ Niagara Falls

                     Sailboat ride in Rhode Island

                      9/11 Museum

Kristi:              9/11 Museum

                       Lighthouse & Lobster in Portland, Maine

                       "Moses"