End of Vacation in More Ways Than One!

We ended vacation having a great time as well. We did make it to Virginia Beach and the Cheasapeke Bay Bridge. Mom and Tim thought the bridge was cool, not so sure the girls cared. We went to a state park on the bay where the girls picked up shells, played in the cold wate and built sand castles. We had to beach to ourselves. We then went down to Virginia Beach, where is was much more crowded but had a great time playing chase with the waves. The waves were big and I didn't want the girls going out into the water so we would stay at the edge and let the waves hit us and come up to our knees. After the day at the beach we decided that NC was only 20 miles away and we should go there for dinner. However, traffic was bumper to bumper and it took us over an hour to get there...and we ended up eating at McDonald's!! It will at least make for a good memory and laugh.

We ended up going back to Norfolk the next day and touring Naticus and the Battleship Wisconsin. We also went to Cape Henry and toured a light house. Then hit a ice cream shop that mom had read about in a magazine and the ice cream and cone were amazing.

We then headed to DC. Our hotel was in a great location and right across from the Dunn-Loring Metro stop. The first day we did everything; Arlington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, Vietnam, WW II, etc. We had tickets for the red double decker buses and that make everything easier and a lot more fun. We ended up staying for the night tour on the bus and it was wonderful.

The next day Tim was not feeling well and stayed behind but ended up calling when we were at the National Cathedral.  Mom and the girl's ended up staying and doing DC while I went to be with Tim in the hospital. It ended up that he had pancreatist. They think a stone was left in there and it caused the pancreatist.

I did take mom and the girl's to see a few more thing and then on Monday sent them home on Amtrak while I stayed with Tim. Mom brought the girl's home on Wed and Kylie ended up staying with the girls on Thurs. Tim was released on Wed and we made it home on Friday. What and end to an awesome vacation.