Next day we went to D.C. and did just about everything there is to do there in a very short amount of time! We saw the white house, several of the Smithsonians (the hope diamond in the museum of natural history was my favorite), the Library of Congress (beautiful architectural design!), the capitol building, the lincoln memorial, the vietnam memorial, the washington monument, the met. museum of art (very cool!) and of course my favorite store Ross! (just to get warm, it was freezing!) That night, we drove back to Philly to stay in our hotel.
The next day, we left for Up-state New York to visit the Church History Sites. We enjoyed a trip to the Palmyra Temple, saw the two Smith homes, the Sacred Grove, and the Grandon Building. We also hiked up the Hill Cumorah and saw the memorial there. We were both impressed by what an ordinary place it was, and how God takes ordinary people and works with us to accomplish extaordinary things. For more information about the restoration of the true gospel, you can visit http://www.mormon.org/ . This pretty much concludes this trip, then we just drove back and hopped a plane home. For more long winded adventures, check back in a couple days, if you think you can endure (my apologies for the longness of this post!)
