What a day!

What a day! We began the day with a 9:00 tour of the capitol. We were the first tour group of the day and it felt like a private tour. Rooms that Dad and I remember as being filled with tourists were completely empty except for our group. Because there were so few tour groups, we were allowed to see rooms that were normally off limits. We felt we were so special and it all seemed so relaxed and totally unrushed (I don't think that's even a word).

We had lunch at the capitol and then went on to the Smithsonian Art Museum.  We were really looking for the Norman Rockwell exhibit, but it was at the Washington D.C. Gallery of Art which we found later in the afternoon. Next was the Air and Space Museum and then (my favoritie) Ford's Theater where President Lincoln was assassinated. We finished the day viewing the Norman Rockwell collection.  The collection was donated by George Lucas and Steven Speilberg.  It was really fantastic ... I hope people your age remember what a great artist he was.

This evening we spent a couple of hours just sitting with Pete and Linda and talking about what a great day it was and what an impact it is having on all of us.  I truly hope you can all have this experience someday.

Life continues to be good.  We love you all.

Mom and Dad