Day 14

Today was the last day at Fort A.P. Hill because we finished the work early more than a day early. I am scheduled to fly out tomorrow evening but we were excused by about 2pm today. After saying goodbye to many new friends we were driven to the train station in Fredericksburg to catch the train to D.C. I had two others with me and we had quite the adventure. We were about 45 minutes early for the train. We figured out that we needed reservations to get on the train. We made those then while waiting for the train we heard a "Traveler's Advisory" over the load speaker system that said that the train would be extremely late because of a freight train derailment between Fredericksburg and D.C. and our train was delayed. So we started searching for other options. We finally decided on a rent-a-car that we split 3 ways so it works out as about the same price as the train.

While we were waiting for Enterprise to "Pick You Up" a severe thunderstorm rolled in. We were glad that our luggage was inside the car instead of in the bed of the pick up. When we got to Enterprise the storm was at its peak and we got to the Enterprise place and when we ran in we got good and wet. After awhile the rain cleared up, we headed into D.C. and dropped Neal at Reagan National Airport and headed over to the hotel. Once our hotel was located and checked in we showered and headed over to Five Guys for a little dinner.

After dinner we went and say the White House and the Washington Monument. We also saw President Obama come fliying in to the White House . It was quite a day. See y'all tomorrow (for those at my house). Love all of you!

SLY, Dad