Back East Trip: Pt. 2

We weren't done with our adventures. We were able to see all of New York, Philly and explore more of the great Washington D.C.

FAO Schwartz Toy Store

Spider-Man on Broadway

Wednesday we went to Valley Forge, Independence Square, and raced up the Rocky Steps. We ate Philly cheese steaks at the famous Gino’s, after that we drove to Gettysburg

                                                         Cabin Replica

Valley Forge

Independence Hall

Rocky!!!

Philly cheese steak in Philly

NBC Studios

Gettysburg

Fort McHenry

Back in DC at the Lincoln Memorial

Friday we went on an awesome tour of the Capitol and then went to Busch Gardens

Apollo's Chariot and Bumper cars

Our awesome "suite"....the lights in the bathroom didn't work ha ha 

Saturday we finished at Busch Gardens then went to the Jefferson and MLK Memorial 

 Sunday it was down-pouring but we headed our anyway. We went to Arlington Cemetery, the White House, WWII Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Memorial and the Natural History Museum

Arlington National Cemetery, we also saw the changing of the guards

 They were doing a Spring Garden Tour so we were able to get up really close to the White House 

 After Michael, Michelle and my dad went home we still had a whole week ahead of us. I was finally able to show Dan Buena Vista Virginia, where I spent my freshman year of college. After showing him some great places we were packing Staci's room and headed out. We spent the next 3 days driving across the country. We hit Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming and finally....Utah.

Foamhenge! A Stonehenge replica made out of foam....only in Virgina

Footbridge

We slammed into a recently killed deer....that is hair and blood

Our motel in the middle of Illinois

Carthage Jail

Dan and his road-trip diet

Nauvoo Temple

Kansas City, MO open house....we drove 2 extra hours to see it

After 30+ hours we were almost home!

What an amazing trip! I can't wait for our next adventure!!!