The Great Dismal Swamp

This past weekend was beautiful and we decided to go check out the Great Dismal Swamp just down the street from where we live.  The part of the park that we saw had long wide flat dirt roads surrounded by swamp on both sides.  We saw some huge birds, a dead snake and a group of mystery animals way down the path.  We went from thinking is was bears to deer to pigs to foxes.  We still have no clue what they were.  Binoculars are a must bring next time.  Apparently this swamp is the home of "big foot" but we report no sitings on this trip.  

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T&G Tour DC

This past weekend, we were able to meet Papa, Grandma, Taylor, Nick and my uncle, Rob, in DC for a quick tour of the Capitol.  We took in most of the sites by foot (some of us had blisters to prove it, you know who you are) and also did a tour on the DC Duck.  Highlights: Free Queso! , a Falcons blowout watched in the hotel room, an airplane landing basically right over our head, Chinese food in China Town, a trip to the Zoo, an expensive hot dog lunch spent with pigeons, Marine band playing National Anthem on the National Mall and seeing Troy absolutely light up in the Air and Space Museum.  We had a blast!  Get ready for lots of photos of us in front of lots of monuments (ignore the smudge on the camera lens).