In the East

We arrived 15 minutes early to Washington D.C. yesterday and Brandon's brother Chris was there waiting to pick us up. We proceeded down to the National Mall and walked around the monuments for a few hours and were able to meet with one of Brandon's college friends who moved here to teach. They yakked it up for a while and then we met Brandon and Chris' aunt Lynette and her family. After dinner we walked some more and headed out of town a little after 8 o'clock. There is still a lot for us to see in the Capital so we do plan on going back for at least one more day. This morning we are going up to the Big Apple, it' s only three hours from Chris' place. We'll spend the night there, and the greater part of tomorrow. We also hope to see parts of Baltimore and maybe go down to Richmond, VA. Time to hit the road so stay posted and we'll write more later.