day 7-- Erie, PA

not a bad job..

rough day.... had a bit of an accident..... in a rest area.... everything is fine and I was not at fault, but was still FREAKED out!!!!

ENOUGH of that.... went to a park on Lake Erie.... went INTO Lake Erie... awesome!!

Lake Erie was a bit cold but a lot of fun, there were some neat rocks that we collected and carried over to the man-made lake on the other side-- then we practiced(or attempted) skipping rocks.

There was a sand sculpture competition. The Kung Fu Panda was awesome! Kawena liked one that was a sea monster with the fish in it's mouth.

They also had a bungee trampoline thing..... they strap you to some bungee cords and let you jump on a trampoline..... Kawena loved it (although she did get nauseous)...

All in all, a great time!

Went to get a hotel only to find out that this is a very busy section of road.... from here to NY.... because of the people stopping on the way to Niagara..... stopped at Holiday Inn.... they had one room for 775.... HA! then they said that the Wingate (wyndham) up the street had a $200 room available with no tv (broken)-- they'd give it to us for $99.... Kawena was mad, but we took it.... Funny thing... I unplugged the tv and replugged it into the top outlet and it worked just fine.... thanks Wyndham!!

more butterfly pix
changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown solier.... this was really cool! got video
all tombstones are in perfect line no matter what direction you look...
grave site of JFK and family.... eternal flame above

our tax dollars hard at work.... no child left behind?
only way- re-vamp Ed system or homeschool them all!
Kawena with butterfly
accessory
new friend.....
who really wanted to be close.... this butterfly stayed with me the whole time we were in the habitat....


accessories!

day 7 --leaving Pittsburgh

day 7??... I have no idea anymore.... this counting days was a good idea at first, but now I don't even know what day it is..... let alone how many days I am away.... LOL

I added some pictures from what i know was day 4..... so scroll back down and see those....and also more from dc... day 5?



Yesterday was a pretty slow day..... some would call it non-productive..... left DC and headed for Niagara..... around 11... got a phone call from a certain friend telling me he would be 2 days later than planned so I really don't need to be in Niagara for a few more days..... I was just at the border of Pennsylvania with MD and WVA right behind me..... too far west to head over to Jersey for a few days (would have done that from DC if that call had come just 2 hours earlier!). Oh well.... so, we took our time, drove to the pittsburgh area and got a room..... just chilled out.

Now I guess we will drive to Niagara and find stuff to do for a few extra days..
Heading out now- around noon..... should be 3-4 hours to niagara.... hotel and then we'll see what happens.... more later.

on the road again....

ok, busy day yesterday.... arlington cemetery, white house, museum of natural history (never left butterflies, Kawena was so excited!)... tram tour of washington...... verizon center to meet mike green..... will post pictures when we get to next hotel... too tired last night!

so, it is almost 11 and we are taking off toward canada...... not sure how long the drive is... will find out when i get into the car..... Rosie (our gps) will start yelling at me and telling where to go and then i'll have a clue!)..... post more later........
Kim

day 4..... just a few pix for now... will put up more tmw... too tired!



riding the metro into DC



















Screw ball hanging in front of the Capitol building

inside the dome of the capitol bldg...

day 4 pictures..........

Kawena in front of Washington Monument..... 550 feet high
in front of the Capitol building.
making postcards on the computer at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian

some silliness.... we seem to have a lot of silliness!!

the star Kawena is standing on is where the four quadrants of DC meet... it is the very center of DC (it's inside the capitol)
view of the white house from the top of washington monument... did i mention 550 feet in the air???

World war II memorial and Lincoln Memorial from the top of the Washington Monument

Washington Monument again....this time from the ground! Where I prefer to be...

Korean War Vets Memorial

2 people 2 tired 2 move!!!!! this happens t o be in the middle of the street, but we were so tired we couldn't care less!!

day three.....

going up and over this....
the state line and some history.....


Mike and Anne, our wonderful friends in WVA!!

found some dandelions outside the hotel..... having fun, and we haven't gotten to the "attractions" yet!

house hunting..... :op

day 2 still

wow mom, all this driving is wearing me out..... you make me work so hard!!
this is my view of the world... driving to WVA.. the mountain i had to go around.... darn GPS... LOL

day two...

south of the border.... which is south of the NC border.... and we thought kawena was tall...

rhino's runts????

the view of the parking lot from the sombrero..... my van is down there! and those dots are people.,.