Sunday
We spent a lovely Sunday in DC touring the monuments and beautiful gardens and green spaces on the way. It was a sunny, 75+ day and we packed up the kids and Burley and off we went for some monumental walking! We made it from the Capitol to the Washington Monument and only overlooked the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Memorial from afar as we ran out of time.
The builders were packing up from a Solar Decathalon on the Mall outside the Smithsonian Museums--modular homes built green. We walked outside the homes and saw some peat moss blocks for insulation as example. Mattias and I are into the Modular homes anyway and picked up some design tips for our next project!
Stopped for lunch--4 hotdogs; 4 bags of chips and 6 drinks for $34.50! Next time, I'll boil up the dogs and throw some in the thermos for a fraction of the cost!
Really appreciated the Burley purchased from a friend, Tracey, at our garage sale. It came to use today. Hanna conked out in the Burley and Liv ran and did her tricks beside us as we trekked up and down. She was exhausted at the end!
We were out of time before heading to Shannon and Matt's home for a bbq. More fun for the girls and us as Shannon served some special Mango Margaritas (a recipe that she's been perfecting) and Matt grilled up some yummy burgers.
Monday
Monday was a hang around Annapolis day. I took the girls and myself to get flu shots. We went to the library for Spanish and English reading and computer games. I caught up on some magazines...then off to the park for the girls to play. Annapolis has more girls at their parks per capita in comparison to Mpls, which has more boys in my estimation. The girls made some new friends as usual and had fun. Mattias was working on the boat some more and loading charts into the computer. He "found" a govt. chart program that hooked up to the GPS can be downloaded for free. Scarily enough, we were able to pinpoint to the exact dock where Windfall is at the moment. That's how accurate the program is! He is working with cables and wiring and getting it all rigged for action. All very James Bond like.
Stopped at the grocery store to do some provisioning for our trip South. Our galley is stocked to the gills now and I will have to remember all that we have since it is not always easy to access the food. I figure with 5 persons aboard, we'll go thru it pretty quickly. Days of dining out are over as we will be traveling now. I do enjoy to whip up gourmet meals in the galley. Tonight we'll grill some Turkey Fillets on the gas grill; some powdered mashed potatoes and fresh broccoli and we have a meal!
Mattias' cousin Magnus is on his way from Sweden now. He'll join us for a week while we get going South before he heads to North Dakota where he did an International Exchange on a farm a couple of years ago. We leave Annapolis on Wednesday (tomorrow).
I am cleaning the bilge space under our "Master Bedroom" now while all are away, waiting for it to dry before covering up with the beds again--our berth is smelling like diesel and since we need more storage space, this might help us out.
More later,
Carrie
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