Across the River???

Anyone visiting us wonders what is that across the river? Well we have done some investigating and it is wonderful. The National Harbor at Oxon Hill, Maryland is what is across the river. Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center the largest combined hotel and convention center on the Eastern Seaboard.


"The Awakening – Buried Giant" was dug up from Hains Point, its home for the past 27 years, then barged and trucked to an undisclosed location where it will be cleaned and restored." Well guess what is across the river. The first resident of National Harbor moved in on February 20, 2008 along the city’s new waterfront is the “The Awakening”.

The colors!!!

One of my favorite things is all of this color. The trees, shrubs, and flowers are absolutely beautiful.

More on our visitors

Jeff's folks came out to visit for a few days over Thanksgiving. It was early in our new apartment and we did not know our surroundings but we did manage to see some of the main sites like the National Mall area and the Quantico Marine Museum. The weather was in the high 70's while they were here. We celebrated a traditional Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time. Their favorite spot in the apartment was the pub table in front of the window watching all the traffic and the planes flying into Regan National.

Our great friends Rick Pier and Bill Payton were the next to arrive mid February. Cindy pick them up at Regan and met Jeff at Chadwick's, which is our favorite pub in Old Towne Alexandria. By this time we have purchased a Garmin named Carmin and we are able to adventure out without worrying how to get home. We saw the traditional sights of DC and also took in Antietam National Battlefield which is a very famous historical Civil War battle field located near Sharpsburg, MD. By now we have located a fresh fish/seafood market and enjoy getting our catch of the day right off the boats. We also enjoyed our apartment surroundings hitting the hot tub, pool, sauna, steam room and grilling area.

Cindy's Mom came by way of Texas after spending time with Jim, Tammy, Bayley Anne, and Tyler over the winter. Donna arrived in March and spent the entire month with us. Again we did the traditional sights and no we are not tired of them...YET. Cindy and Donna had a tour of the Capitol Building with Laura Thomas,(Jessica Beringer's cousin). We also went to Delaware and saw the Atlantic Ocean - it was a little chilly in March. We had a surprise visit from Jim Trego as the Baylor Bears made the NCAA Tournament and played in DC. Donna did get to see the Cherry Blossoms in full bloom before leaving in early April.

Jeff's Brother and Sister-in-Law, Jon and Deb, arrived next in early April. We mentioned their visit earlier in the blog and in case you didn't notice - we did see the traditional sites of DC and no, we are still not tired of it!

Dustin and Christi arrived later in April and along with the usual sights which we are not tired of yet, we also took in the Holocaust. It was great having them here and in case you don't know - they will be having our first Grandchild in mid October. Thanks to Christi we learned how to blog - and thanks to Dustin for setting up our big screen TV.

We are anxiously awaiting our next great friends to arrive from Pierre, Darryl and Marla Walz, and Roger and Peg Johnson. We will report on their visit some time in June.

Visitors

Deb and Jon Beringer were here to visit us from April 11th to April 15th. We had a wonderful time. We toured Mt. Vernon which is a very interesting place. I guess we forgot how much George Washington was into farming and gardening. The place has a beautiful view of the Potomac River and grounds. We walked around the mall area. As you can see they did get to see some of the cherry blossoms. This was getting toward the end of the season. They went to the Supreme Court to listen to a couple of cases. We also saw the Nationals play and toured a couple of the Smithsonians.