Day Thirty-Five: Binghamton, NY

Left out of Carlisle, PA at 10am and arrived in Binghamton, NY at 2pm.

Its pretty hot here but the humidity is less which is nice.

Just a driving day today tomorrow we drive to Amherst, NY and spend three days there to see Niagara Falls.

Day Thirty-Four: Carlisle/ Gettysburg, PA

Today we drove 35mintues from hotel into Gettysburg to spend the day.

We didn't make to the reenactment portion but we did get to walk around to all the little stores and meet some interesting people.

Found lots of interesting out about the battle. Like there was only one civilian shot. July 3rd, 1863 there was a whole museum dedicated to her and her fiancé (a soldier who died 3 days before her).

There was also this building that was all photos of the soldiers. This was both sad and happy. You could actually purchase pictures that didn't have names or anything they were just old time photographs preserved in a card holder.

 

 

Walt and I walked around on the Battlefield before it got to hot out.

 

 

TTFN,

Ashley

 

Day Thirty-Three: Carlisle, PA

Departed from Arlington, VA at 11am and arrived in Carlisle, PA at 2:46pm. 

Had to drive through Maryland to get here which Walter forgot about. 

Overall besides a little traffic and have to so a different driving route all went well. 

Tomorrow we go to Gettysburg to spend the day. 

                                               TTFN,

                                                 Ashley

Day Thirty-Two: Last day of Washington D.C.

Just got back from the most brilliant display of fireworks. Took metro to Capitol South and walked to the sitting area. I found a semi dry spot in the shade to lay my over-shirt on ( I didn't bring a blanket). From 330-830pm I along with what seemed like thousands of others found spots to sit and wait. 9:15pm the show began right on time. The crowd was a little rowdy with chants of U.S.A and screaming but what a magnificent show.

After the finale the fun really began... getting back to the metro without being trampled. Walt and I were lucky as soon as we got on the platform the metro we needed was there so we and hundreds of others piled into the cars. I had some sliver of hope that maybe people wouldn't try to push and shove, scream and yell but, that hope soon vanished as I was jostled around the car until finally our stop came. Jumped off made it out alive (my last time on the metro) and hailed a taxi to get back to hotel.

D.C. and Arlington have been amazing and although it was great I am glad to be moving on to our next stop. Carlisle/ Gettysburg here we come.


I am going to attempt to post two videos of the fireworks on here. If they do not work please comment telling me so I can fix it.

TTFN,

Ashley

Day Thirty-One: Washington D.C.

So after a misunderstanding we made it on the tour bus. The tour didn't really start till 9:45am because the first bus had no air conditioning.

We drove around to a boat load of monuments. These are the ones we were able to get out and take pictures in front of.


Ashley and Famous People:

Eleanor Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Iwo Jima

People of the Depression

Ashley and Jefferson-Thomas Jefferson that is

President Abraham Lincoln

Vietnam Wall

Walt and Ashley standing in the Breadline

Walt and Famous People:

Jefferson and Walter

Depression people and Walt

FDR and Walt

Iwo Jima and Walt

Lincoln and Walt

Some scenery:

Lincoln Memorial outside

TTFN,

Ashley

 

David Hutchings was my Third Cousin his name is on this wall. It might seem like just a name but to me it shows courage, bravery, a real man. People don`t fight wars to die for nothing they fight to make a difference. All these names on this Wall along with other walls are there as a reminder to my generation and those to come that our rights did not come free, that this world, our futures weren`t always as bright. Thank everyone of you that has served in making our future better. 

 



Day Thirty: Washington D.C.

Today we went to the Holocaust museum but the sad thing was No Photography. This place was amazing They had a lot of artifacts on lease from Auschwitz. While walking around without having to read the plagues I was able to tell Walter about all the different events of WW2

The Bureau of Engraving tour tickets were sold out so we didn't do that today sadly but maybe Thursday we can do it.


  Tomorrow we get up at 6am for breakfast then we are taking a bus tour all around D.C.

TTFN,

Ashley

Day Twenty-Nine: Washington D.C.

Went back to The Mall to look at more museums. We have walked our little sore feet off.
This is a short post but here are some pictures.. We went from 9am-6pm today so both of us are tired.

Doolittle (one man earned all of these) top left is the medal of honor



Some pretty stones and minerals:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indian Museum:

 

 

Its blurry but all of the fuzziness are tribe names

 

 

 

 

Air and Space Museum:

 

 





 

 

 

 

TTFN,

Ashley