More DC Photos

DC by foot

Our latest 4-day adventure included a drive to the nations capital last weekend. It was a phenomenal weekend that we mostly filled with great sights and good food. In fact if you visit go to TangySweet, a delic frozen yogurt shop.

Our first full day of fun was started off by a two hour tour led by a group called DC by Foot. As their website says, "the only free tip based tour of Washington DC." Our guide was filled with facts and snacks. Occasionally he'd quiz you for a chance to win a snack. It was good fun with loads of historic, and even some modern, facts of DC. Two stories I found interesting was the history behind the creation of George Washington's Monument and the Vietnam War Memorial. Speaking of George Washington... were we ever lucky to have him as a founding father.

So the next chance you get, take a trip to DC, where the roots of our nation run deep. Enjoy the PICS.



free place to stay in fayetteville if you know the story behind this guy

Arlington cemetery... fairly sobering. something to be proud of at the same time.

time honored ceremony. the changing of the guard.

look twice before you cross...


in case we work on "the hill" we wanted a before and after pic

DC by foot pictures

Chelsa in front of honest Abe himself
(we made the comment a lot that we thought we were in
Greece with all of the architecture)

Korean War Memorial
everything in DC was placed with a purpose
the statues you see are of 19 Soldiers
the sculptor wanted twice as many, can you guess why that would be symbolic?
well he didn't get the land for that so instead built a wall behind the statues that reflects all 19
thus doubling the number of Soldiers

the latest war memorial to be completed was in honor of WWII
again everything is placed with a purpose.
the wall you see is filled with thousands of gold stars each signifying 100 Soldiers killed in WWII
the memorial was placed low enough so that you could see the GW monument from the Abe memorial and vice versa
but once inside the memorial for WWII your only focus is on the wall/reflecting pool because you can't see anything else. also, there are mini waterfalls on either side of the wall drowning out any sounds from the street.

the planners of DC did a wonderfully strategic placement of this gorgeous woman
attracting many men to our tour
luckily her man is lean and mean to fight them all off

our tour guide
a retired history teacher

these are all my amateur shots... i'm sure chels will bless us with her pics in the future

Blast from the Past...okay, not that long ago!

Ben and I went up to Raleigh with our friends - Buddy & Karen - to see the Carolina Hurricanes vs Colorado Avalanche game! Those NC fans impressed me :) (the " 'Canes" won).


On Valentines Day, we drove down to the Charleston, SC coast (Folly Beach - So pretty!!!) and helped out a coworker of Ben's propose to his future wife!!


The groom-to-be had bought 1000 chem-lights (aka. glow sticks), & gave us directions to spell out nice and HUGE, "MARRY ME JESS?" on the beach...how fun is that!! We enjoyed the rest of the weekend in Charleston with our friends, Buddy & Karen :)





Way back in January we went on a Marriage Retreat put on by Ben's unit...we went Skiing in North Carolina! Who knew?? It was FREEZING. But we had a good time just getting out of the lovely Fayetteville :) For the Red Deerians out there, this hill was the size of Canyon...except that only one run was open due to the lack of snow...but hey, they try!! And man, there were some full on hard-core skiiers out taking advantange!!


Well, these photos seem like old news now...but I finally got our little point-and-shoot to import, so I thought a few oldies are better than none!