Up to NoVA

Last weekend found us heading north. Now, many of you readers may know, I typically don’t go too far north. Northern Virginia, as far as I’m concerned, is north of the Mason-Dixon. I think a lot of the folks that live up there would agree. So, I typically don’t go north of the Mason-Dixon, but Virginia wanted to head up there to visit some friends and I haven’t been there for any sightseeing since high-school. Thursday evening, we headed out towards Lexington and made it there in time to watch the season finales of Bones and then The Office and 30 Rock. … and then we stayed up to talk with Virginia’s folks for a while. Friday, we had some tasty cheesesteaks with Virginia’s folks and my mom for lunch before leaving town, and then got on the road again.

Traffic heading towards DC wasn’t bad for a Friday afternoon, and we actually ended up getting there a bit ahead of schedule. So, since we were running early, we decided to stop at the Air and Space museum next to Dulles.

This place was awesome for so many reasons… for starters, we got there at 4:02pm and apparently after 4pm parking is free. (Before then, it’s $15 to park, then admission is free) But, after seeing the inside, I’d gladly pay the $15 to park, and then spend all day there. It closed at 5:30, and an hour and a half really wasn’t enough time to really take things in.

You might remember the above from Transformers. They had a TV over to the side that showed the transformation from what we see here into the CGI that was displayed on screen. Pretty cool stuff. There are a ton of pictures in the picture gallery, so I’ll give some quick highlights, but I recommend you click on the link in the text above for the full gallery.

So… awesomeness was had there. Then, we made our way to Will’s house in Arlington. That journey was also rather easy considering where we were. We really only got stuck in traffic once on the way there but what made it worse was that the Metro tracks were right next to the highway, so you could see other people heading towards where you wanted to be.

We made it to Will’s in time to walk a few blocks and grab some tasty margaritas and fajitas for dinner, followed by a quick game throwing bean-bags in the front yard.

From there, it was over to Abby’s house outside of Alexandria. We checked in over at Abby’s, met her boyfriend, David, then fell asleep.