Saagers Visit to DC

Our good friends the Saagers came to visit us our last week in DC. We loved having them in town and showing them all the fun tourist-y things DC has to offer.  Our frist stop was Mount Vernon. It was so beautiful! 

George Washingtons tomb

The kitchen, they wouldn't let you take pictures in the house, only in the kitchen, boo!

Some manly men and a cow in the background

the house

Afterwards we went to Alexandria and walked around Old Town

The next morning we went to Eastern Market for some shopping and breakfast

Then we went to Fords theater

Then off to Air and Space Museum

Satellites 

The Discovery

Cherry Blossoms

On Sunday we went to the Arlington Cemetery 

Tomb of the Unknown

It was such a fun weekend and we miss our friends!! 

Goodbye Ape Friends

Friday was my last day at the zoo and it was a sad day. These apes really have become my friends, and they are the best kind of friends to have. 

Mandara

Baracka

Nathan got to come see behind the scenes. He had to wear a face mask because he had not been TB tested, but thank goodness he was wearing that mask! After I was done feeding some of the gorillas and we were walking away, Baracka came running, picked up a handful of hay and poop and chucked it at Nathan at about 50 mph (and I am not even being sarcastic!!)

Feeding Baracka

Kibibi, or I like to call her Biebster

Feeding Kwame

Feeding Kojo

Bonnie

Feeding Kyle

Being able to work at this zoo was such an amazing opportunity and I hope I can work with primates again soon!

Gettysburg

Like I said in my previous post, our days are winding down here and we are trying to do as many things as we possibly can! This weekend Nathan and I went to Gettysburg with our good friends the Jensens.  It was only an hour and a half drive and the drive was gorgeous! I loved seeing the rolling hills with little barns.

Our cute friends, the Jensens

We went to the National Gettysburg Museum and I learned so many new things. I though this sketch down below was awesome. It's crazy to me that they have this from over 150 years ago.

There was this amazing painting there that was 360 degrees that wrapped around the entire wall and was 50 feet high. It looked so realistic.

 We also saw our good friend there honest Abe.

We visited the memorials. Interesting fact: if the horse had one leg up that meant the man riding the horse was wounded in war, if both front legs are up the man was killed in war and if all four legs are on the ground the man escaped the battle without injury.

BFF

We ate at a fun little diner where I made sure to where a bib because I cannot eat a meal without spilling on myself.

The cemetery 

Loved the architecture there.

Tough guys posing by the canon.

And we met a confederate! 

It was a fun packed weekend and we are going to miss our friends the Jensens!

Our days are winding down

Our days here are winding down. We are so sad to be leaving this amazing city. There is so much to do here and the majority of it is free! It can't be beat. With the few weekends that we have left we have been trying to hit up all the "tourist-y" sites. Last week we went to the American History museum where we saw:

The Sun Stone from the original Nauvoo Temple

Dorthy's red slippers

The counter and chairs from the Greensbourough sit in

Jarrett celebrated a birthday

And this weekend Nathan and I went to Manassas to see where the Battle of Bull Run took place

Stone Wall Jackson statue

We are sad to be leaving this great city but excited for the adventures ahead!