Ben's Blog: Day 14
Today... I was woken up, yet again, way before a time that was even halfway decent. After waking at this ungodly hour, I was thrown a pile of clothing and told to shower, which I did. I must say, cold showers are quite splendid in a hot climate.
[Truthful Interjection #16: I doubt that the hour at which I was woken was all that ungodly... I really don't know. I'm not one for caring about, let alone checking, the time.]
After eating breakfast and writing several blog entries, we were off... Or at least we would be, an hour or so later than planned. With all this heat, I've probably sweated off all my baby fat. Contrary to popular belief, I do have a little bit of fat on my body. I'm not entirely skin and bones.
Today we were headed to Washington D.C.. (It feels awkward putting a period there, but I really don't know how I'm supposed to end that sort of sentence.) We travelled for quite some time, and finally arrived. Our relatives also came. It was nice because all the children (Excepting Kimberly) piled into my Aunt and Uncle's minivan. Why does everyone in my extended family own a minivan? [Insert joke about mormons and big families.]
We took an "Auto Tour", which means we got to sit in the car, and drive by famous things and such, occasionally stopping so my father could take pictures. I wasn't complaining. Air conditioned comfort beats walking in the heat any day. After that we went to Arlington Nation Cemetery... at least that's what I think it was called. It's a cemetery for soldiers and other patriotic heroes. Quite fantastic. We watched the "Changing Of The Guard" ceremony at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier. I should think that it gets awfully dull guarding there. Doing the same thing for 15 minutes, let alone however long they do it, causes me to get the urge to do something fantastic, to break the tedium. (Unless of course it's something fantastic already.) I think I saw one of the guards try and hide a smile while his commanding officer stood rather close to him. I know I was trying to hide a laugh.
We are now staying the night in some relation or other's house, in order to make our sojourn to D.C. tomorrow shorter. Should be fun. Hopefully I can obtain the Wi-Fi password.
-Somewhere, Someplace, Between Pennsylvania And Washington D.C.,
Ben
(I hate putting punctuation after punctuation.)
Hey Ben, you should put the date on some of these ... day 14 doesn't let us fans know if we're up to date on your travels ... it will also help you later when you're trying to remember when you were there. Keep it up!
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