Our Trip Day Thirteen (Washington DC)

This was the first of five days in Washington DC

We walked past the White House on the way to the Mall.

It was the 4th of July so we also walked past a parade. There were so many people.

Inside the National Air and Space Museum.

It was so bright out. Here are my men with the Capitol Building in the background.

The Washington Monument in the background.

Inside the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

Aaron in front of the Department of the Treasury Building.

Our Trip Day Twelve (Gettysburg)

We visited Gettysburg during the anniversary of the Battle at Gettysburg. It was an awesome time to visit.

So many people walk around town in period costumes.

We went to this place where they old time pictures using an authentic camera of the times.

We got all dressed up.

My men loved it.

They look so authentic.

I'll have to scan the tin type when I get home so that you can see how it turned out in black and white.

A monument in the battlefield of Gettysburg.

One of the many battlefields in Gettysburg.

During the anniversary, they hold reenactments of the battle.

One of the funnest things we did so far was to take a segway tour.

We were out on these things for over three hours.

We loved it.

Our Trip Day Eleven (Amish Country)

If you click on this picture, you can see the Amish girl in front of the house.

Laundry Hanging out to dry. According to their religion, they are not allowed to use electricity.

We took an Amish buggy tour through the many farms in the area.

We really liked the tour. We weren't aloud to take pictures on the farms. We stopped off at one farm and bought cookies and lemonade.

The horse and buggy.

I don't know if you can see this, but their is a team of horses pulling a plow in this field.

Sometimes a simpler way of life seems pretty appealing.

An Amish Farmer working in the field.

We bought some home-made root beer from this little shack that was on an Amish Farm. They also sold baked goods and hand sewn Amish children's clothes. I almost bought some clothes for the grand kids, but Michael said that they would never wear them.

Just ahead of us was a horse and buggy.

Samuel drinking the home-made Amish root beer that we bought. It kind of looks like it could be moonshine.

A real Amish couple driving/riding down the street. They have to share the road with us Gentiles driving cars.

Our Trip Day Ten (Hershey, PA)

On day ten of our vacation, we went to Hershey Pennsylvania. The street lights were in the shape of Hershey Kisses.

Every other light was wrapped (silver) and every other was unwrapped.

How would you like to live on the corner of Cocoa Ave. and Chocolate Ave.?

We went to the Hershey Museum to learn about the story of Mr. Hershey. He seemed like a very good guy.

Can you tell that Sam and Aaron like chocolate a little?

The Chocolate Lab

We got to go inside the Hershey Laboratory and learn about chocolate and cocoa beans and then we got to make our own chocolate bars. They gave us some spices to put on the bars, I put cinnamon and Sam put cinnamon and crushed red pepper. He liked it.

Mmmm, yummy, this was actually the best chocolate that I have ever tasted, so creamy.