DC with McB

Since I am not the greatest blogger, this entire post is happening in reverse order to the actual event. If you want to see things in the same order as I saw them, start at the bottom and work backwards.

We drove right past the Pentagon. We were not invited in.








Here is the entrance to Arlington National Cemetary.








The Jefferson Memorial.








This is as close as we got to the Capital Bldg. We were tired of walking, and I had a plane to catch.








Here I am in front of that fairly famous place lots of people talk about.









The other side of the White House.







The famous White House view, with a big tent in front of it. Turns out there was a Latin Music Festival going on that evening. Apparently my invitation got lost in the mail.







Here is an overview of the WWII Memorial.









This is the best I could do to capture a part of the Korean War Memorial wall etchings. The reflection from the sunny day got a better image of me than of the wall.

The Korean War Memorial is very haunting. The wall on the far side has etchings of images in it. Very ghost-line.

Some of the golden statues at the back of the Lincoln Memorial.

Here I am at Lincoln's feet.

The Washington Monument, with the Capital Building in the background, as seen from the Lincoln Memorial.

The Lincoln Memorial.

The Vietnam Memorial Statue at the entrance to the Wall.

This is a close up of part of the wall.

Part of the Vietnam Memorial Wall. It took three camera shots to get the whole wall.

Some of the millions of statues in DC.

The Flaming Sword across the street from where we parked on Constitutional Avenue. It was the entrance to the Ellpise, which is a grassy park that is just across from the White House.

The Washington Monument.

Chesapeake Bay CB Meet

Sunset from our Deck

Quilt Problems

Many years ago, my grandmother made me a quilt. Unfortunately, she didn't tie things off correctly, and parts of it are unraveling. She is gone now, and I really want to save the quilt if possible. Of course, I am nowhere near crafty enough for this.

Rachel's Big Adventure

I went to Camp Taloali last week. It is a fun deaf camp in Stayton, Oregon. My favorite part was ALL of it. My super faves were horse back riding, rock wall climbing, and archery. It is an overnight camp. On Saturday, if you were staying only 1 week, then whoever will pick you up will come around 10:00 in the morning. Around breakfast, we hand the awards out. After some skits, then you get to go home. Sometimes the whole camp goes for 2 weeks, sometimes 3. The way we communicate is by sign language. Some use ASL (American Sign Language), or SEE (Signing Exact English).

New Technology for Deaf/Blind

Here is an interesting article published in the Seattle Times about new assistive technology for deaf/blind people.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2009642696_deafblind12m.html

Off to Camp Again

The girl is practically a jet setter. She has been gone somewhere one week every month this summer. In June she went to Birch Bay with Grandma and Grampa. In July she was off to church camp on the peninsula. Now she is down in Oregon at deaf camp. One of the goals is for her to improve her signing skills, as most of the kids rely on only signing to communicate. This is the highlight of her summer, and she has been looking forward to it all year. As good as she is at verbal communication, I think she just feels like she is getting a break by being around other deaf kids for a while.

Hopefully, when she starts school this fall, she will make friends with other deaf kids who attend the same school. This will be the first time since first grade that she has had other deaf kids around her at school. I know she is looking forward to it.