Today was a very strange day. I guess you just have to laugh at it. We woke up a bit late today, and headed down to the First Battle of the Civil War: Bull Run. This battle was also called 1st Manassas, based on the town nearby. It is bit of drive, but very nice. The battlefield is lovely. We did a fair amount of walking. We saw the place Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson received his name "Stonewall". We also saw the bridge that spanned the creek Bull Run. A very nice day.
Then, it all went crazy directions wise from then!:) We basically, were lost all day. I must say the new Apple Maps app that came out with the update is very bad. 50% of the time it is wrong. I kept thinking of the "Office" episode when Michael is listening to the GPS and he drives right into a lake because the GPS says turn! After awhile I just turned it off (along with the google maps) and just figured it out. We finally got to the zoo (after I turned off the app) and it was closing!:( So, then we headed to a park where you can watch the planes land at Reagan National Airport, and mistakenly listened to Siri again. After being put in random areas, we turned it off again and found the park! It was amazing. You will enjoy the video of the planes landing. It was incredible!
We then headed to ShopHouse (A Chipolte owned company) and it was so good. It is Southeast Asian fare, and at this point, the one we went to is the only one in the nation at this point. I hope it comes to the Bay Area soon!
Another thing we have been doing today is following the track of Hurricane Sandy. We are trying to figure out how serious it is. Everyone here, thinks there are life threatening earthquakes in CA everyday. (Not kidding) Mainly because of the media. So, we are trying to figure out the plans we need to take. We will be talking to people at Mount Vernon (who do not seem worried) to figure out the precautions we need to take to be safe. Please pray that the Hurricane would dissipate and would not be an issue!
Blessings!
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