This past Easter holiday, Katie, the dogs, and I went up to her parents house to visit. We left Friday (April 2) after Katie got off of work (I had Friday and Monday off as holidays). A normal trip up there takes around 1 hour and 45 minutes, but Friday it took over 2 and a half hours. It was painfully slow at times on 95 and there was just a ton of traffic. We assumed that would be the worst thing to happen. . .big mistake.
On Saturday, the entire family (Mom & Dad O, the two exchanges students, Katie, and I) headed out to Washington D.C to see all the Cherry Blossoms. We all were in agreement that taking the Metro would be a much better idea then trying to find a place to park in D.C. It was quite busy at the Springfield-Franconia Metro station, but we expected that. We had an uneventful trip to the Smithsonian stop on the Blue Line of about 35 to 40 minutes (Keep in mind, the Blue Line is the only line for the Springfield-Franconia Station). We stayed for a few hours and took a lot of pictures of the Cherry Blossoms (link provided at the end) then we decided to return home. This is where the fun begins.
