Hello, Charlotte

Last weekend, Dan and I went down to Charlotte to try and find ourselves a place to live while he's in school.The trip took about six hours and since Dan was driving I had a lot of time to have fun with my camera.  and read.  and knit.  theoretically.  mostly, I took a ton of pictures.  Once we got away from DC/Alexandria the countryside was really pretty.

 Along the way, we had to stop because my car was making funny noises.  turned out to just be a loose piece of plastic on the undercarriage, which was good.  Also, the trip was REALLY hot because my car doesn't have working air conditioning, so we had to drive with the windows down or risk cooking from the inside out.  That wouldn't have been a good time, at all.

Besides looking at apartments, we had the chance to visit RTS and look around the campus.  The campus is fairly small, but it was really nice, as well.  We took a tour and spent a little time looking around on our own. It seemed that they have a lot going on for the students besides just classes, chances to fellowship and get to know and support each other.

Dan's really excited about starting school; and he should be.  He's going to be surrounded by other men who are as into studying theology and serving others as he is, which is exciting for him.

The school also seems to do a good job of making sure the wives of the students have places to fellowship and get to know each other, which is also going to be awesome for me.  Or so I've been told.  :)

I'm out of things to say, so here are a couple more pictures from our trip for you to enjoy.

When you go to DC you walk A LOT.

Dan and I went into DC today.  It was a PERFECT day; the weather was nice and there was a slight breeze which was perfect.  We started at the Library of Congress, then went to the National Archives; though I have no pictures from either of those because on top of having to go through somewhat crazy security, they don't allow ANY photography either.  However, both of them were REALLY cool and I got to see the Declaration of Independence.  That was exciting.  For me at least.  Dan was most excited about the Library of Congress.

 I love the clouds in this picture.  Dan thinks it's pretty awesome too.  Something about how the clouds make it look like something out of a fantasy.

 This, I believe, is the Federal Trade Commission building.  Or something.  I thought it was interesting.

 The Lincoln Memorial was REALLY crowded.  And also, they drained the reflecting pool because it's cracked or something.  AND the Washington Monument was closed off because it's ALSO cracked.  So apparently everything in DC is falling apart.

 The outside of the Lincoln Memorial.  See ALL those people sitting on the steps?  It was very crowded.

There is really nothing special about this photo.  I just like the way it flows. 

 Dan had a good time too.

And...our final traveling companion, Cedric the Gnome.  We walked A LOT today.  I got sunburned because apparently, sunscreen only works if you actually manage to apply it all over.  And if you're not me, because I burn through EVERYTHING.  It'd be funny if it didn't happen ALL the time.