Summer Road Trip Part III- PA and DC

I just loved our trip. Looking back on the pictures makes me realize even more how much I loved it. The third part of the trip we went to Lancaster Co. PA, which was a great midpoint between Buffalo and DC. We thought about going to Hershey Park in Hershey, PA but we didn't think it was geared towards little children. Then we found this great amusement park called Dutch Wonderland and decided to go there instead. I have never seen such a great amusement park for little kids. It is the best beginners park for kids ages 10 and under. All the rides are geared towards younger children and they also have music shows, story telling, high dive shows and a great water park. I wish I had taken more pictures of this part of our trip, but we were too busy riding the rides. Elijah had his first big roller coaster experience and he loved it. He probably rode it a dozen times. Caleb and Jonas had the most fun in the water park. We had so much fun and we were all wiped out by the end of the day (especially Jonas).
The next day we left PA and headed for DC to see our good friends Kyle and Lorraine. We love Kyle and Lorraine. They are missionaries in Haiti and we only get to see them about once a year, so we couldn't pass up the opportunity to swing by DC and hang out with them for a while. We also got to meet their sweet new addition- baby Micah. The day we arrived Matt and Kyle took the older boys and went to an awesome park to play Frisbee golf. At this particular course there are blackberry bushes everywhere; so they took along some baskets and picked some blackberries which Lorraine made into a delicious blackberry cobbler.
The next day we visited Mount Vernon which was George Washington's home. It was so amazing being on that property and seeing his house and walking along the Potomac River. I never realized that George Washington was such a progressive and innovative farmer. You really have to see the gardens to fully understand. The strangest part of it all was standing at his grave site; it made him a real person, not just a name in a history book or a face on a dollar bill.
Ezra fell asleep in his stroller for the first time and it is actually one of the few times ANY of my kids have fallen asleep in a stroller. I think the trip was finally catching up to him and he looked so cute with his hat over his eyes.
After Mount Vernon Kyle and Matt went to DC at night just to see some of the major sites. It's kind of cool to go at night because everything is lit up and it isn't so hot and crowded. That was the first time Matt has been to DC and we definitely want to go back and enjoy the museums next time.