Well, the last day of vacation was, in my book, the best. Having no tour appointments, we slept in, then puttered around the apt, packing for the trip home. Before noon we set out on bicycles for uptown, where we toured the Supreme Court bldg and had lunch.
Leisurely biked around the Mall, remembering our experiences at all the buildings -- the Capitol, National Gallery, Archives, Museum of Natural History, American History, White House, Washington Monument, WWII Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Holocaust Museum, the Smith Castle, and Air & Space.
Then we biked over to the Jefferson Memorial, where we enjoyed some time just sitting on the steps and enjoying the breeze across the water. The bike ride home to the apt was long but not too terrible, and we had an hour or so before setting out for Union Station.
The train ride was our best ever with conductors who actually gave a care and definitely idiosyncratic fellow passengers..
We arrived at SmallTown about 2am and were greeted by our friend's smiling face. He had kindly driven us to our depot in the wee hours and then picked us back up so we did not have to leave our car in the parking lot for several days.
All of us were pretty wide awake when we got to HSH (that's Home, Sweet Home), and it took us a couple hours to settle down. The pets were beside themselves to see us, except for old Francie, who we could not find anywhere. Finally, about 3:45 we all settled down and got some Z's.
At 7am the phone rang. It was DS1 announcing the New Baby is on the way. So now I am in Nearby Larger City with DGD4 while DS1 and DDIL have labor and delivery. LO has her first day of school tomorrow and DH is at home planning how to pack her lunch, where to put all the suitcase stuff. lol. Wish I were a fly on the wall. No. Wait. Correction. Glad I'm not there to see it.
Big picture, great vacation, good trip, glad to be here, and DGD4 seems pretty happy to have me here. Will announce DGS4 soon.
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