Day 6 - last day of the trip

Well, we're here on the last day of the long journey. While we had a relatively short drive ahead of us (about 5 hours), we accidentally slept in this morning until 9:47 am (but, remember, that's 7:47 Utah time). I don't know how, but driving a lot does take a lot out of you.

We quickly entered Pennsylvania, since our hotel in NY was pretty close to the border:


We then made a short stop to the Susquahanna River, to where we determine Harmony, Pennsylvania was located (mostly using the map in our scriptures for guidance). We found a spot we thought was the place Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were baptized:


After that break, we reached our next important goal: Scranton, Pennsylvania. We were tempted to find a Chili's to see if Michael was there, but we mostly just drove through. At least we got this picture (the truck says "Scranton, PA" on it in small letters if you look closely):

After Scranton, we went right to DC. Once we got there my first thought was "wow, its hot here." After driving through mostly cold places (S. Dakota, Chicago, Canada), DC felt very different. We went to my apartment and dropped off some stuff, but stayed the night at Bethany and Justin's apartment (the former Bethany Durham). Bethany and Justin were very good hosts, taking us out to a nice Lebanese dinner and then showing us around the city.

Here are some pictures of our ventures around town that night:

Vietnam Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

(I liked Ted's expression in this Lincoln shot)

Korea Memorial:

WWII Memorial:

Jefferson Memorial (I don't know why we didn't get a picture inside with Jefferson)


Washington Memorial reflecting on the Tidal Basin:


And, finally, as always, the place we stayed that night, Justin and Bethany's apartment:


So, that's it for our trip. There are a few things I learned. First, the country is really accessible. Ted and I both agreed that the drive wasn't anywhere near as bad as we thought it was going to be. Even on the longest days, time went pretty quick. The second things was that there are a lot of cool places here. While South Dakota was probably my favorite place, Chicago, Upstate New York, Toronto...they are all amazing places. I think Ted and I would have liked to spend some more time in Upstate New York exploring the hills and lakes, and we for sure could go back to the black hills.

The other funny thing about the trip was that the first question anyone from the family would ask us during the trip was "are you and Ted getting along okay?" or "have you guys had any fights," etc... I guess no one believed that Ted and I could go a week together and still get along. However, we got along great...no fights at all. I'm happy and grateful that Ted was able to come.

After more that 3,000 miles of driving, and a lot of fruit leather and beef jerky, it was a great trip.