Our East Coast Adventures

While we were living on the East Coast, we found ourselves blessed with lots of time to do tons of traveling. It was so neat to have soooo much available just within a days drive – which meant that we took LOTS of day trips. Yay!!!

Virginia Tech - Of course, one of the first trips we took was to Kevin’s beloved Alma Mater – Go Hokies!! We ended up going on “move-in” weekend which was a bit chaotic BUT we had so much fun!

Philadelphia – Kevin’s Cousin attends college there were she is a dance major – how fun!!! We spent the day with her and did a bit of sightseeing. It’s such a beautiful and historic place.

Redskins - Attended a Redskins Pro Football Game....GO Skins!!!!!

Robooth Beach – having a beach nearby is a pretty exciting thought to this Midwest girl! We took every opportunity to hang out by the coast – we even headed up to this great little beach in Delaware.

Annapolis – I just LOVE Annapolis. Honestly, I feel as though it is the place I am meant to be. Have you ever been somewhere and just felt as though you were “home?” That’s how I feel every time I am in Annapolis. One day, I will live there. J

Washington DC – we have such an amazing capital. I feel so blessed to have been born in such a great nation. Since DC was just “down the street” we went quite often. We totally did some pretty tourist-ie stuff while we were there (which now I’m pretty happy we did) like taking a guided tour of the capital building and attending a show at the Kennedy Center. I just love DC and am so glad that Kevin will be traveling there pretty frequently….I will definitely be tagging along for some of those trips! ;)

Alexandria

Capitol

Kennedy Center

Baltimore – we lived about 20 minutes away from the inner harbor so it was kind of our go to place when we wanted something fun to do. It seems as though there was always something fun going on. I especially loved their aquarium!

Virginia Vineyards – Virginia has lots and lots of vineyards & wineries – I was in HEAVEN!! We visited several of them....here are 2 pics of vines from different vineyards (I don't remember where each was from though - sorry)

By far, my absolute favorite was Blackfoot Ankle Vineyards. It was just amazing! The facility itself was a completely “green” building. The building was built with straw and covered in mud (yup, dirt and water mixed to make a clay-like consistency). Even part of the roof is “green” – literally actually, it has a working garden on it!

Here's a sneak peak inside their walls....

Just as we found out we were leaving, one of my best friends was moving to the area....total bummer! But, we were able to spend some wonderful quality girl time together. Since Kevin has lots of friends in that area, we were also able to lots of time with those guys - including seeing one of his friend's new babies (yay for babies!!) and attending a wedding....I *heart* weddings!!!