Virginia

Julia and I went to Virginia with Scott on a business trip. We were 15 minutes from Washington DC, so we visited the National Zoo. We got to see their pandas, but the zoo was poorly designed and very disappointing, we don't plan to ever go back. We also went to the National Museum of Natural History. It is an amazing museum, with great displays, including an indoor butterfly dome and the hope diamond.

We did experience our first earthquake while in Virginia, it was a magnitude of 5.8. Julia did not notice it, but momma clearly felt it and was spooked for the rest of the day. Then, there was hurricane Irene moving up the coast. So Julia and momma changed their flight to head home early. Papa, who stayed, said the storm was was not too bad, mostly just a lot of rain.





The little traveler. Here she is waiting for the airport tram at DIA. By age one she had been on more then 20 flights. By age two, she had been to 7 countries. Where will she go next?!



Here she is in the hotel room, just before the earthquake.



Best seat in the house. Strolling through the National Zoo.



Watching the gorillas, including to baby gorillas. Too cute!



There's the Panda!









Sugar from papa.



During an evening walk, Julia decided to plant a tree. She found a leaf on the ground and gently planted it, so it could stand up and grow.






Our fort at the hotel.