We left home Sunday, November 28th around 4:00pm. The first part of our trip was to Fulton, Missouri - approximately 5 1/2 hours away. The next morning we took a tour of the William Woods University campus, and looked at the down-town area. It was really awesome. I really really want to go to William Woods University. Plus, down-town Fulton reminds me of Rogers, Fayetteville, and Springdale all mixed up, so I think it could easily feel like home.
After we left Fulton, we headed to D.C. by way of awesome cousins in Harmony, Indiana. Lots of fun, although we only got to stay the night. The next morning, we ate a great home-cooked breakfast and drove the rest of the way to D.C. -- a ten hour trip. We listened to music, and a Mitford book on tape, did school, and slept. I enjoyed it quite a lot.
We spent three nights at another cousin's house just out side of the D.C. area, and got to go into town every day. We got in a lot of sight-seeing visiting Gallaudet University, National Right to Life HQ, Fords theater, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, the
Capitol, Library of Congress, National Archives Building, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial,Vietnam Memorial, and the Smithsonian Museum of American History. My favorite by far was the Library of Congress.
Friday night we stayed at the Gaylord National Hotel. The Oireachtas was the next day, and it was amazing. I danced in three figures, or group dances. Our girls eight hand placed twelfth, so we stayed around for the awards ceremony (five hours later than we were originally expecting to leave,) and got to receive medals on stage. Although it was really neat to get to stay I, being me, stressed out way too much about losing so much time, and probably didn't get as psyched up as I otherwise would have. Looking back though, the whole week was one colossal ball of amazingness.
This is all.
Cheerio,
Lauren
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