Thursday we drove to the bottom of the island and took a ferry ride to Okracoke Island. On the ferry ride we saw some dolphins, that was way cool. Okracoke Island is where Blackbeard hid his treasure supposedly! We visited a white lighthouse and went to the beach. After a ferry ride back to the island we were staying on, we stopped and saw two more lighthouses. The stripes on the lighthouses tell ships about the sandbars. One of the lighthouses we saw had diagonal stripes, and the other had horizontal stripes. At one of the lighthouses we learned about sea turtles. Sea turtles are laying their eggs right now. The rangers have to find nests, rope them off, and then continue to check them daily to make sure no crabs have eaten all the eggs. Due to a rain storm, we weren't able to go to the beach any more, and we spent the rest of the night packing up and getting ready to go in the morning.
On Friday we picked up CLAY!! There were some delays with the flights, so instead of getting in at 9:00 a.m., he got in around 12:30.The extra time we had Friday morning we spent sleeping, and at the beach in the FREEZING cold water. After we picked Clay up from the Norfolk airport we went to colonial Williamsburg. We walked through most of the town hopping from shady spot to shady spot; it was hot. We learned an old game, "close the box", watched the British soldiers march through town, wrote with a quill, tried on old clothing, and got amazing chocolate. We then left and drove to Springfield where we are staying the night. There was terrible traffic and rain so it took a while.
Saturday (Today) we went to see Washington D.C. We started our day with a metro ride. This was a first for most of us. We spent most of the morning walking through the amazing museum of Natural History. It was incredible how much stuff was in there! The dinosaurs, ocean exhibit, and gems were a huge hit with us. After the museum we grabbed lunch and headed over to the White House. Kayden got in trouble by a police officer for not being on the sidewalk... fool.We then walked to Fords Theater. This was pretty cool. The building had been burned down, rebuilt, abandoned, torn down, made into office buildings, then in 1950's the government bought it, and rebuilt it as the theater it had been when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. We learned a lot about Lincoln and Booth. Afterwards we walked to the Spy Museum and spent pretty wisely in the gift shop, picking up a switchblade comb, and a couple sets of mini walkie-talkies. Then we proceeded to the National Archives, but it was closed. We walked through a really cool sculpture park and let our feet soak in the huge water feature. Much more to see and do here in DC!
Today's Highlight: Seeing all the incredible animals and things at the Museum of Natural History.
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