On Friday morning we made sure to get down to the Washington Monument booth even earlier (not long after they opened) and we were able to pick up some of Read more

On Thursday morning we went down to the Washington Monument to see if we could pick up any of the will call tickets that are distributed on a first-come-first-served basis Read more

That flight did leave the next morning . . . eventually, about an hour and a half later than scheduled. We found out that the flights cancelled the day before Read more

On Tuesday the rain which had plagued our Ohio visit became even worse. So bad that we really couldn’t do much outside at all. To make up for this mom Read more

On Monday my mother and father took Sam on the MOV highlights tour. This was a tour of my hometown which included lookout point, our courthouse featuring backward swastikas (native Read more

We slept in on Sunday morning after going from Columbus to Marietta after the game and arriving late. In the afternoon and evening several of my relatives arrived for dinner Read more

On Friday morning Sam and I flew to Ohio, landing just after 6 EST.  We went to dinner with my parents, my brother, two aunts and one cousin.  Afterwards we Read more

On Saturday Sam and I made the last trip of the “season” to Shaw’s Cove for snorkeling. We arrived around 11:30 and got to work. The water was the clearest Read more

When Sam and I came home from a weekend in La Jolla we were greeted with this scary figure lurking in our patio: It turns out the upstairs neighbors had Read more

On Saturday night Sam was able to snag a room at a hotel for “friends and family” rate through a coworker’s connection. When we got up we went and had Read more