Vacation.........

Well I'm back from one week working in Ocean City and two weeks on vacation with my cousin Lori and her daughter Jessica ( Smedly). Lori's husband died last January of a brain tumor, and I wanted to give little Jessica trip to remember.

So their vacation included:

First ever plane ride.

First ride in a Jaguar.

Washington DC, all the monuments etc.

Baltimore MD, and the Aquarium there plus a ride in a water taxi.

Lots of swimming at our community pool and the pool at my friends home.

First trip to a Japanese steak house.

First train ride to South Carolina.

First ( for Smedly) sight and feel of an ocean.

First ocean speedboat ride, and first time seeing dolphins in the sea.

First trip to the circus, (Le Grande Cirque front row!)

A brand new IPOD with lots of Hannah Montana songs on it.

More swimming in our pool at the Myrtle Beach condo.

Much ice cream.

First trip ( mine too) to the new Hard Rock Theme park.

First visit to the Kennedy Center in DC and first legitimate theatre show with The Lion King.

All in all 18 days for Smedly...and I miss her already. I hope she remembers this trip in years to come, and in some way it takes the edge off her terrible year.