Six Pews and Nowhere to Sit

  On July 9, we headed to the National Air & Space Museum.  There are two air & space museums, one in Washington D.C., and one near Dulles airport.  We went to the Udvar Hazy Center by the Dulles airport, and it didn’t disappoint. At the watch tower. There were all kinds of planes there and I can in no way remember many of the details.  However, it was amazing. Above shows one of the space shuttles used by NASA. There were many types of helicopters and bi-planes. But my absolute favorite plane was the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, the fastest jet ever. This was a spy plane. On its last flight, a world speed record was set.  Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida flew the jet from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. in only 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds.  It averaged 2,124 miles per hour.  Can you imagine? At the museum, there was a large TV monitor that was connected to a live feed where we could ask an expert any questions we wanted. ...

  Now that we're finally starting to get settled, we decided to take a small trip to Philadelphia for the weekend.  I love that we are so close to so many areas of interest and we can decide last minute to head to a totally different state. I've always wanted to visit Pennsylvania, so hitting Philly was exciting for me.  I knew there was a lot of US History that I wanted to see.  Clark, on the other hand, was anxious to get back to the temple, so it was a win-win for both of us. We drove up on Friday afternoon when Clark was finished with work.  Stopped once at a gas station for gas and food.  Addi was extremely excited about the Spiderman popsicle she found. Even though we hit quite a bit of traffic, the trip only took us a few hours.  When we planned the trip, we hadn't realized that we would be hitting the 4th of July weekend.  As I was studying the historical sites we would visit, that is when it hit me that we'd be spending the birthday of ou...