Day 1

Good thing we rented a SUV, otherwise, our stuff would never have fit in the car. You'd think we were going on a year long journey with the amount of luggage we had, haha. We grew to love our Hyundai Santa Fe, since we spent the majority of 11 days in it. We were well-stocked with water bottles and granola bars, and we're off to DC! We set out with the goal of getting a picture of every state welcome sign as we passed, but it is actually more difficult than we thought (given the speed, camera delay, trucks blocking the view, and human error a.k.a. we forgot it was coming up). Anyway, we went the whole day without using our GPS (we wanted to see how long it would take before we turned it on). We got to our destination mid-afternoon, and did some sightseeing for a few hours (the White House, Lincoln Memorial, etc.) We came across many sites that were 'good for weddings' (if you like historical monuments in the background). One thing we could not understand was why so many government buildings (like the department of agriculture) looked like castles and took up so much space. What can they possibly do in the building for the department of agriculture?! And we saw a building for the Department of Interior. The interior of what?! It was pretty humorous. But seriously, D.C. is a beautiful city. And we loved the second-countdown on the lights for pedestrians, every city should have this. We then met up with a friend for dinner at a Latin restaurant, and stayed at his apartment for the night. This was the beginning of the many huge and beautiful apartments/houses that we came across which can only be found outside of NYC. Eric was nice enough to miss most of Monday Night Football while we watched the season premiere of Prison Break which he DVR'ed for me. It was a relaxing start to the roadtrip.