Blogs from Fairfax, Virginia, United States, North America - page 2

Karen and I drove down from Beverly to Washington DC for ALS Advocacy days, May 10-12. We went down on Thursday the 8th and stayed with our old friends Andrea and Jim in Chantilly VA. On Friday while they were at work we visited the new Smithsonian Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly at Dulles Airport. What a remarkable display of aviation history. The building opened in 2003, and provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. The building is an impressive size in the shape of a T and was named in honor of its major donor, and features the large Boeing Aviation Hangar in which aircraft are displayed on three levels. Visitors can walk among aircraft and small ... read more

With one week to go, we are madly trying to get everything prepared for the trip. 5 weeks seems long and deciding what to pack is becoming something of a challenge. We only have one daypack and one bag to carry everything we need in...clothes, shoes, pillow, blanket, personal hygiene equipment, medicines, mosquito net, binoculars, cameras, water bottles, snack foods, etc, etc. Where to put everything??? Paperwork has been completed and will be getting our malaria pills very soon. Passport and finances are covered and checked. Flight has been confirmed and also the hostel we plan to stay. Definitely are in process of double checking and rechecking everything. Still need to get a few more items and memorize like crazy for the bird exam. Not really looking forward to it, but it is important. So, important ... read more

คริสมาสต์ปาร์ตี้เล็กๆ จัดที่บ้านเจ้มุก แต่ละคนก็ทำอาหารมากินร่วมกัน อุ๋มกับดัคเอากะเพราปีกไก่ที่ซิ้อมาจากร้านไทยบายไทยแถวบ้านมา เจ้มุกทำมีตโล้ฟ แอสพารากัสปิ้ง แล้วก็มันหวานแคซาโรล อร่อยดี พี่ปุ้มทำไก่ขิงกระเทียมรสดีมา(เดาเอาจากการชิม) ท้ายสุดอัลมาทำเค้กกล้วยมา อร่อยมาก ก็สังสรรค์กันไป คุุยกันเรื่อยเปื่อย เล่นเกมส์ พี่ใหญ่(สามีพีั่ปุ้ม)ร้องเพลง(กล่อม)ทุกคน พี่ิทิมกับพี่ทอมเล่นรัมมี่ ม้าต้องอยากเล่นด้วยแหงเลย ดูรูปกันเอาแล้วกัน สุขสรรค์วันปีใหม่จ้า We had Christmas get together yesterday at je Muk's house. I and Doug got there first before the other 2 families arrived(Pi Poom-Pi Yai-Prin(son) and Pi Tom-Alma-their kids:Sidney and Sivalee). We all brought food either home-made like pi Poom's garlic ginger chicken, Alma's banana bread, and je Muk's meat loaf, sweet potato casserole, and grilled asparagus. I and Doug brought basil chicken wings baught from "Thai by Thai", authentic ... read more

After yesterdays blog was finished we had some drama in the unit at Econo Inn.....the toilet didnt flush properly !!This country really has some plumbing problems or is just perhaps some of the motels.Water seems to clear very slowly down the sink and on this occasion the toilet just didnt want to flush properly.So we contacted the front desk and gor the OK to move next door.This unit seemed to work OK and the A/C was quieter so we had a good nights sleep. Breakfast was all that we usually have plus eggs either scrambled or fried !! Great deal for the price of the unit. With full tummys we were on our way via VA-1 to Fredericksburg and the battleground of July 1862 when the Rebs had a significant victory over the Union forces where ... read more

Long time no talk. I gave Betty her chance to update the blog, but she did strictly a narrative with little humor or colorful imagery (OK flat out exaggerations). First, I would like to checkpoint our family visitations and locales honored with our presence. I think we left off with arriving at my sister Leslee in Northern VA outside DC. While there from Friday PM to Thursday AM, we visited the FDR and Jefferson memorials, Congress (House and Senate), lunched in the Rayburn building cafeteria, did a whirlwind trip through the Library of Congress (we were kicked out), drove to and visited Williamsburg, Yorktown battlefield (last battle and surrender of the British during the revolution), Jamestown (1st permanent British settlement in America), returned to Leslee’s for a take-out dinner and crashed so we could get up ... read more