Last I wrote, we were in Washington, DC, with still another day of sightseeing ahead of us. Actually, the day was pretty simple. Jeffrey figured out a better route on the METRO than David and we cut about 30 minutes from our trip and didn't even have to change trains. We spent from open to close at the Air and Space Museum. At times, it was too advanced for Jeffrey, but he didn't seem to notice. They had plenty of interactive activities and everyone enjoyed themselves. The IMAX always makes me feel sick and this one was no exception-- regardless, I of course survived.
We found more things on the Night at the Museum Scavenger Hunt and Jeffrey was very happy to point out to the Smithsonian that there was a technical error in their brochure. I don't know if we thought it was funny as in ha-ha, or funny as in "oh shit--nothing gets past this kid."
For dinner we went back to Old Town and ate at Joe Theisman's. I hadn't been there in 26 years, but it was still as I remember it--except it wasn't nearly as much fun as when I was there with my college friend. And this time the only thing I drank was decaf coffee.
Thursday morning got off to the wrong foot, as we way overslept. Even Jeffrey managed to sleep until almost 10am. Obviously, we needed the sleep and then opted to skip another day of sightseeing in DC and get on the road to Philadelphia. Unfortunately, it was another rough travel day. The traffic was miserable. As a diversion, we got off the road and took a tour of the Herr's Snack Factory. It was only a few minutes off the road, but we shared that road with horse and buggy carriages, as there was an Amish community in the area. The Snack Factory was interesting enough and Jeffrey loved the hot potato chips, right out of the deep fry vat.
Finally we got to Philadelphia at dinner time. We were cranky and just wanted a good night's sleep. So after dinner in the hotel, we went to sleep early.
Friday morning we headed out to UPenn. David was in his glory and we managed to spend seven hours on campus. David is the South Florida Co Chair of something or another for Penn and we met with all sorts of interesting people. The school is amazing and Jeffrey should only be so lucky to have the opportunity to be a part of the class of 2024. David's friend met us from NYC at the Palestra for a rare opportunity to play in the infamous basketball arena. It was quite a sight seeing two 51 year old men, Jeffrey and Malcolm Washington (think Denzel--his son) running up and down the court. Malcolm was awesome to Jeffrey and David truly had a special time. Jeffrey managed to climb the bleachers. This would have been ok, except that they were in the closed position. I was comforted to hear "Aw Mom, I do it at Saint Andrew's all the time!" From the Palestra we went to the tennis courts to see what was going on there. There was a Varsity match and when I turned my head, Jeffrey went onto the court and climbed up into the scorekeeper's chair. No harm was done...
I need to stop now, because the craziest thing just happened. We are in the business center of the hotel and we were talking to the man next to us. Crazy world-- the man's son was the Valadictorian at Saint Andrews, Sunny Kumar! They are in PA to drop his sister off at UPenn for the summer. She'll be a Jr. in the fall. Mr. Kumar is so proud and called his son and asked him to come meet us. Will post more later...
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