OUR TRAVELS

Happy New Year!  Where did 2022 go?!?!  It seems like the years are passing by faster.  We like to think it's because we're having so much fun and not because we are getting old!  We celebrated by wearing party hats too small for the top of our head and toasting with a diet Coke! Our usual gift to ourselves over the holidays is lottery tickets in the hopes of winning some fast cash.  Wouldn't that be exciting!  While we had fun and returned to the store four times with our diminishing winnings to purchase more, it all fizzled out to a big fat 0!  Overall, we spent $131 of our own money, won $137, and scratched off 16 $5 tickets, 52 $3 tickets, and 16 $2 tickets. The outdoor skating rink was busy including a birthday party with 24 kids that had never been skating before.  Needless to say, it provided us about an hour's worth of entertainment watching the ups and downs (if you get our drift). The Botanical Gardens near the Capitol were decorated for...

Season's Greetings...Merry Christmas...Happy Hanukkah...Happy Kwanzaa...Joyeux Noel...Feliz Navidad or whichever other holiday you celebrate. We didn't decorate our room at all this year for the holidays.  We simply walked around DC and took the pictures you see below.  It was enough to get us in the holiday spirit! Wishing you joy and peace now and in the new year!

Two nomads living in our nation's capital for the winter.  As we flew into Reagan National Airport in the third week of November, Donna was reminiscing about the fun she had last winter in DC while Don was busy taking yet again a photo of his favorite landmark.  Can you guess which one that is????  (Hint:  It's tall and narrow.) Our first few days were spent stocking the hotel room with stuff - mostly food.  The grocery store is a mile and a half away, so it was important that we buy a rolling shopping cart again.  Even with our new shopping cart, it took us several trips.  On our treks to the store and sightseeing, there was still fall color to spot. And interesting architecture. And even a protest march.... We've hiked Rock Creek Park a few times so that we can get some exercise with some elevation change.  We need to burn all of the calories we are eating (cookies, chocolate, chips, ice-cream, you name it....) Note the frost on the fallen leave...