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What a great day. Today will be a bit brief as we didn't do that much totally new. One of the great challenges for me (good challenge) is to make history relevant to my students. Most of us have sat through terrible history classes where the book was the only guide the teacher used. Well, I also take that challenge seriously here for my family. My wife is on-board, not when we first met, but definitely now, with this history stuff. My daughter is only two, so we want to keep it interesting for her. So, we booked a "duck" tour of Washington DC. It will give us all the sites and history, keep us off our feet for bit, and add another dimension. To be perfectly honest my wife and I were just excited. We drove to Union Station (amazing) and hopped on the Duck Tour. The Duck tour is an amphibous vehicle from WWII. It can go on land and the water. So, that is what we did. Our Captain was great. Great speaker, funny, and very welcoming. We drove past all of the monuments and buildings and he gave us the history of that monument. He also wove in current affairs. Things such as the Federal Reserve building (check your money at the top), Lincoln memorial, etc. Then we drove the Duck vehicle into the Potomac and took a 1/2 hour cruise. My daughter got to drive the boat and so did I. My wife loved watching but declined the driving part. After an hour and a half, we were back at Union Station and my little girl was asleep. We just got back from a great BBQ place in Alexandria and stumbled upon the greatest ice cream I've ever had at "Pop's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Palor" in Old Town Alexandria. Amazing. Enjoy the videos!
P.S. Some of you are wondering why I don't mentioned names. My wife, daughter, people I deal with. At least I try not to. It all comes down to Privacy. Google has algorythms that track words, and I like to keep our names off those as much as possible. Just type in your name on Google and see what comes up.
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