What a wonderful week and a half. What a wonderful, busy week and a half.

It went something like this: Drive all day to Virginia with Amanda / Julie arrives / Pick Rob up from Dulles / Chipotle! / Walk the Manassas battlefield / Drive to Rockville for delicious Ethiopian food with Julie’s college friends / Hang out at Starbucks / Spend the morning at The National Gallery of Art / Lunch at the cafe in the Sculpture Garden / Spend the afternoon at the National Museum of American History with Amanda’s brother / Meet Danny’s sister for dinner at Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe / Play Dutch Blitz / Visit Luray Caverns / Drive along Skyline Drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains and hike the White Oak Canyon trail past a waterfall in Shenandoah National Park / Go to my aunt and uncle’s for a cookout / Spend the morning at the National Zoo / Chipotle again! / Visit the National Museum of Natural History / Cook dinner at home / Hike the Billy Goat Trail at Great Falls / Drop Rob off at Dulles / Make dinner at home / Watch special ballet presentation at the National Gallery of Art / Spend the afternoon at the Holocaust Museum / Dinner at Matchbox Chinatown / Back to Kramerbooks for dessert / Midnight run to Walmart for emergency car supplies for Julie and Amanda’s road trip to Massachusetts / See Julie and Amanda off at 4:30 a.m. / Spend the day doing laundry, packing, tidying, and running errands / Dinner at Pho Deluxe with Danny’s grandfather / Back to Pho Deluxe for lunch with Danny’s sister / Stop for froyo / shopping / kabobs for dinner / Playing cards with Christine’s friends all night / Drive all day back to Florida.

Whew.

We didn’t pull out our DSLRs once on this trip. It felt great. We just carried our iPhones and snapped away. Here’s a few straight from Instagram:The afternoon at Manassas was lovely. But dinner later that night was incredible!
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved the D.C. metro stations.We did a little hiking . . .And a little museum-ing . . .And a lot of just enjoying our surroundings . . .. . . because they were incredible.
We had such a fun time, but now I’m officially back at work as of today. And ready to start planning the next adventure!

~ Laura