Jeff & Shelly at the Capitol

We detoured to D.C. for the Fourth of July, where we are pictured here that evening in front of the Capitol Dome. 400,000 people were estimated to be on the Mall for the fireworks show that night.


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Blog: Fireworks on the Fourth in that OTHER Washington
Date: July 12th 2006

June 23 - July 7, 2006 Marshall, N.C. - Washington, D.C. 12,339 miles to date 1,483 miles this leg Because we could, we routed our trip to Washington, D.C., for the Fourth of July. This was Jeff’s first visit to the nation’s capital; I [Shelly] had made many trips there while in college, but hadn’t visited since 1998. Our first encounter with the city core was after dark o ... read more







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