In the beginning...
We did make it safely to Washington, DC yesterday. A fun, blessedly uneventful trip weaving a tastebud-pleasing path from the upstate of SC to the Friendship Heights section of the District. I should note, however, that this is the first road trip our family has taken WITHOUT a big bag of snacks to accompany us. We enjoyed...
...a stop in 'Duke' country for a substantial breakfast at Cracker Barrel (my most favorite breakfast stop while traveling).
...tasty peanuts from the Virginia Welcome Center.
...a surprise treat of a couple of shared Cinnabon rolls mid-morning - oh yeah!
I wouldn't have thought so, but even our Burger King lunch was memorable. Thank goodness for digital cameras and cell phones - otherwise Christopher would have broken the bank in photo developing costs from the snaps he took at lunch alone! No run-of-the-mill BK for us, no sir...this was a 3-story presentation with movie/entertainment memorabilia all over the place. Seating in a Batmobile booth, creatures, heroes, and even ET! Take that with your burger and fries; we did. Actually our seats were top-level overlooking the bustling traffic outside, which, for our rural-family was very entertaining. Not quite as entertaining as parking, but hey - this *is* a Burger King lunch we're talking about.
Dinner? Did someone say 'Dinner?' Not so fast... our hotel offers a hospitality area each evening for snacks and beverages. It was an interesting combination of fresh fruit, red-white-blue corn chips with salsa, goldfish snack crackers and a snack-mix of some kind. We spent about an hour there unwinding from our day and sharing comfortable conversation with the kids. I was able to awe them with my incredible knowledge of salsa - 'if you don't like it hot, avoid the little white seeds.' I love having kids this age!
Walking around the nearby area we checked out an Italian restaurant a few doors down. It looked nice but the wait was 90+ minutes - too long for us - we had been up since 3:00 a.m. So, across the streets we ventured to a bright and upbeat looking deli, 'Booeymongers.' Our sandwiches were good and we liked the casual atmosphere. The fresh flowers on each table were a nice and unexpected touch. The background sound system was playing many of our oldest son's favorite songs - impressed that I recognized some of them, I texted him the titles and artists as they played. He already knows I'm random - now he knows I was thinking of him (and missing him) too.
We wrapped up the evening with a family viewing of 'Transformers' in our suite before calling it a night and sleeping comfortably until... BREAKFAST!
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