Lastly

After our trip to the White House we knew the walk that we had to make back so we started. We broke it up into segments. We stopped along the way and were able to see the "Hope" diamond. {please see the picture} I think it was pretty amazing. Nothing I would like to wear around my neck but it was very pretty.
We toured the room for the first ladies gowns. Jacqueline Kennedy was simply stunning. Of course I think Laura Bush is beautiful.
We made it back to the building where Laura was working and made plans for dinner.
We knew we had to head out on Wednesday so we called it an early evening and started gathering our belongings. We packed and were ready to load Laura's car the next morning. If you are planning a trip to DC and need to be near the Capitol, might I suggest the train to Union Station. It is right across the street. We left our stuff in Laura's car for the day while we stolled up and down the mall. We took lots and lots of pictures. Please see post for that. I did not want to drive you insane with a 1000 pictures on here.
We left DC at 6:30 and made a 2 hour stop about 30 minutes later. Apparently, a commuter train into Alexandria had broken down and we were going to take on a few of their passengers. Let me tell you how many a few passengers turned out to be.....200. They kept coming. They filled all the empty seats and then stood single file all the way through the cars of the train. Off we went with 200 extra passengers on board. Not fun at all. They rode a short 20 minutes to Alexandria where they were directed to exit.
We slept pretty well most of the way home. About twenty minutes outside of Atlanta we had a little action. Apparently a truck had become stuck on the tracks and we were not told in time to completely stop. Yep... bam we struck the truck.. OH well. We just felt the jolt. Happens alot I think because we were told to remain calm and Norfolk Southern would be there to investigate and we would be on our way. Yep.. 2 hours later we were. Paul, Tysce, Madison and Bryant were all in Anniston waiting on us. I called them to let them know we would be delayed. They were already upset but decided to go to the mall and see the Easter bunny.
We arrived in Anniston and recieved the biggest and best hugs ever!!!!
I think we were missed.
Bryant asks me everyday if I am going to Washington and if he can go? He wants to ride the train. He was all about that train.