Day 46

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LIFEHOUSE- Halfway Gone

DAY 46- That's right, the sabBRADical is half over. Its going so quickly. But that's ok. I've been looking forward to August 1 and being back at church; seeing all the youth and all our other friends. I'll be ready. But for now, it's vacation!

Vacation Day 3 (Monday)- Drove from Ohio to DC. Sal had a devo on Contentment for us from the life of Daniel. A little too practical. Came into town at 4:30 pm which meant we hit the traffic. Kinda fun, actually. Very easy to find the hotel and the Garmin just re-enforced my good decision making. :) Of the three HIE hotels we have stayed at so far, this one is in the middle. But leans toward the very nice. They not only provide breakfast, but also supper, if you get back in time. That should help the pocket book. We laid around, went swimming and played Skip-Bo.

Vacation Day 4 (Tuesday)- The hotel also provides a shuttle to Union Station on the hour. You have to sign up ahead of time. The earliest available time for today was 11 AM. This allowed us to sleep in and then grab the shuttle. Today during devotions we were challenged with Dependability from the life of Noah. Carson made up a little jingle he sang us throughout the day. What a kid.

At Union Station we had the experience of trying to figure out the subway (Metro). Took us a little bit, but we figured it out. I have an APP for that on my phone which helped.


Grabbed a nutritious meal of Pretzels & Cheese and headed into the Holocaust Museum. Started out with an hour lecture called First Person. They had someone who survived the Holocaust share their experience. Wow. Then took a couple of hours to walk through the display. I still can't get over all the dead bodies. Makes me wonder how we (the USA) will be held accountable for the bodies of the aborted children we do nothing about.

Walked up to the Washington Monument and took in the White House/Capital Building/Smithsonian/etc.


Headed to the Museum of Natural History. Sal found out the Butterfly display was free so we spent some time there. Went in this butterfly chamber with a hundred or so live butterflies. They were beautiful.


Made our way back to the hotel. We were tired, hungry and a "little" grumpy. And when we got there, the cupboard was bare! All the free food was gone! So we had another nutritious meal at McDonald's.