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July 22, 2005
Summer Vacation 2005
We had a great time visiting Jessica's Aunt Debbie and Uncle Stan in Annapolis with Matt and Alicia. Here's a few of things we did. For all the pictures, see the gallery.
We did two days of site seeing in Washington D.C. We saw the war memorials (WWII, Korea, and Vietnam). We went to the top of the Washington Monument and had good views of the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and White House which we also saw on the ground. We also took the subway out to Arlington National Cemetary. The changing of the guard ceremony was one of the coolest things we did. We spent most of the second day at the Smithsonian Natural History and American History museums. On Saturday, Matt and I made it out to Elkridge, MD to Rockburn Branch Park to play a round of disc golf. The course was really overgrown. Matt lost 4 discs (2 on one hole), he found one, and I lost one. That plus waiting out a thunderstorm by hiding in the playground equipment made for a long day.
The best part of visiting out east is the food. While in the Annapolis and D.C. area we had dinner at the Fisherman's Inn, the Chart House, and Mike's Crab House. Before we left on Sunday we went to church at New Life in La Plata, MD before having an excellent dinner that Debbie fixed.
We left Annapolis Sunday afternoon and made it to the Latham Hotel in city center Philadelphia just before the rain started. After the rain let up, we walked around Rittenhouse Square and had an excellent pizza at Pietro's. Monday we walked down to the water and took the ferry to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ. So our vacation took us from Camden, IN to Camden, NJ. It also took us from KSBC to First Baptist Church of Philadelphia which was right next to our hotel and was founded in 1698. After the aquarium, we walked around historic Philly and saw Betsy Ross's house, the oldest residential street in the U.S., Independance Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the Love Statue in JFK Plaza. Apparently, we got out of Philly at just the right time. A few hours after we left on Tuesday police shot and killed a naked man who stole a police car.
The food update for Philly. We had great Philly Cheesesteaks at Sal's and from a street vendor. Beside the pizza at Pietro's we also had a good dinner at the Black Sheep.
Tuesday morning Matt and I got in a round of disc golf at Sedgley Woods. The course is pretty much right down town and a lot of fun. Matt shot even par and I was 13 over. So pretty much what we normally shoot on a course of that size.
So overall, we did a lot of walking, ate a lot, and had a great time. This post is dedicated to all the little crabs that gave their lives so we could have good vacation.
Posted by mikel at July 22, 2005 12:47 AM
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