Spring Break 2011

Spring break. It's for going to Florida. Getting tan on the beach. Drinking. A lot. And overall, getting into trouble.

I am spending my spring break with my mom. No, not in Florida (she's doing that with the rest of my family over Rachel's spring break.) Instead, we decided to go to Gettysburg and Washington D.C. It might not be 80 degrees, but it did get up to 60 today. I think I even got sunburnt...

Yesterday we left pretty early for Gettysburg. When we were close to Gettysburg, we saw a sign that said, "Mr's Ed's Elephant Museum," and the design was a man in front of a bunch of candy. ?????? My sister loves elephants and hates the circus because they abuse elephants and blah blah blah. We decided we had to see what this Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum and Candy Shop was about. Best. Decision. Ever.

We pulled up to the museum and walked around outside first. There were elephant statues all over. I walked up to a giant elephant statue and told my mom to take my picture. A second later, the elephant opened up it's "eyes" and started talking. I literally screamed and jumped back. It scared the hell outta me. Once I got over it, we went inside.

Mr. Ed's elephant museum consisted of 10,000 elephant statues, pictures, toys, etc. It was ridiculous. That was literally the museum. Two rooms with glass cases on both sides, filled with elephants. This guy was crazy. In addition, there was a candy shop. And a gift shop. If you're every in Gettysburg, look it up. It's well worth the laugh, especially after a 7 hour drive.

When we got to Gettysburg, we went to the Battlefield Museum first. However, we were kind of rushed because we got there pretty late. What we saw was cool, though. We didn't have time to walk around the battlefield. We were supposed to go to Baltimore, MD on Monday, but I decided I want to go back to Gettysburg. Hopefully we can walk around a lot more!

After the museum we went to the Dobbin House for dinner. We were seated at a table with extremely comfy chairs. I almost fell asleep...I ordered the duck. I mean, how often do I get the chance to order duck and have someone else pay for it? Not very much. I named him Donald. RIP Donald. I decided I only like duck if it's sauteed or something. It's not as delicious when it's just cooked and sitting in front of you. Pretty bland. Just in case you were wondering...

Then we checked in at the Wyndham Hotel. Because it's off season, it was pretty cheap. Pat on the back for me. It was also extremely nice. I didn't want to get off of the bed, it was so comfy. But alas, I did.

We went on a Ghost tour of Gettysburg, which was pretty cool. Our tour guide was a great story teller. The stories were pretty creepy. She told us a story where 2 ladies were leaving their building late one evening and the elevator took them to the basement. And when they opened the doors, there was a fully operating Civil War hospital and the ghosts beckoned to them, asking them for help. I'm giving you the short version, but I can assure you, it was creepy.

On our way back to the hotel we spotted the movie theatre down the road and I begged my mom to go to a movie. I wanted to see The King's Speech (again). We got in the theatre as 9:27...and there was The King's Speech showing at 9:30. It was fate. Great movie.

After the movie we went back to the hotel and fell asleep right away. This morning we left for D.C.

Once we got to D.C. we parked at the Capitol building and made our way to the tourist attractions. First we went to the National Archives and walked around the public exhibit. I wasn't too impressed. I found it kind of boring. There weren't many cool original documents on display. But then we saw the Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of Rights in the rotunda. That was cool. Wish I could have taken a picture, though. My trip there totally shows that National Treasure is inaccurate. There's no way Riley could have taken his video camera in there. Kind of disappointing.

Then we went to the American History Museum at the Smithsonian. That was definitely interesting. We saw Dorothy's shoes, Kermit the frog, Lincoln's hat, and Julia Child's kitchen. It was pretty neat.

Next we walked towards the WW2 memorial. It took us awhile to get there. We walked about 5 miles today. I'm so out of shape....Anyways, we finally found the memorial. It was very impressive. I took B&W photos on my camera and I hope then turn out. After the WW2 memorial, we found the Lincoln memorial.

After all of that walking, we decided that was enough sightseeing for the day. Unfortunately, our car was parked a couple miles away. Sigh.

Okay, if you're still reading this, you have way too much time on your hands.

Get a life.

I'm going to bed.


...unless my mom's snoring keeps me awake.

Night.