Historical Hiatus

The weather has been gorgeous this week here in Baltimore. After a week of good hard work, we enjoyed Saturday evening at the Inner Harbor. The sky was a beautiful blue and it was accompanied by the ever talented Blue Angels. We sat on the side of a large grassy hill with what seemed the be the entire population of Baltimore and were awestruck by the Blue Angels talent. After the Blue Angels' performance, we walked the pier and grabbed dinner by the water.

Sunday morning, we went off on a historical adventure. We started our day at Washington's Mount Vernon. We had a wonderful time. We paid to do the Premium Mansion tour and it was worth every penny of the extra $10 up charge to take this tour. I do suggest booking online, because the price is cheaper and there are only two tour times each day for the premium tour. A tour guide was provided for the small group and we were able to see the entire house, not just the first two floors. In the basement, we were told that the old cornerstone, put in by Washington's brother, was the object that sparked the idea for a "secret tunnel door" in the movie National Treasure. We now can't wait to watch that movie again.

After Mount Vernon, we traveled to Arlington National Cemetery. We paid our respects to all of our fallen soldiers, and took time to reflect on how thankful we are that all of these people gave their lives so that we can be free.

We had lunch at the Grilled Cheese Bar DC. The grilled cheese were both creative and delicious. Justin savored the chicken parmesan grilled cheese with mac 'n cheese and I dined on bacon jalapeño popper grilled cheese with a salad.

Following lunch, we headed for Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The sky seemed to match the beauty of the of both of the erected memorials.

The Declaration of Independence was another item on our agenda for the day. When we viewed the paper, we were shocked at how tremendously the document had faded. It was almost unreadable. While I know that the document is extremely old, I couldn't believe how well other documents from the same time period had been preserved. Maybe it has something to do with the paper and ink that were used? Either way, we are both so thankful for the document and the hours of hard discussion and debates that went into making this document.

By the time we arrived home, our to the hotel of the month, we were exhausted. We literally slept like babies that night. I don't even think we moved after our heads hit the pillows, but we did dream about our historical hiatus.