Never posted a picture before either. We shall see if any or all of these things work.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Experiment
When I started this blog my friends told me that I could post from my phone. Never have. Thought I would try it! Heehee
Never posted a picture before either. We shall see if any or all of these things work.
Never posted a picture before either. We shall see if any or all of these things work.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Rock the Mall!
Wow! I haven't written anything here for a couple of months but today it seems to be the only way to get out everything I want to say!
As most of you know on March 12, 2012 Girl Scouts celebrated 100 years. Of course, the celebrations continue all year long. Today, June 9 was the long planned event called Rock the Mall. We signed up to come in March, not knowing if we would really be able to come. A little over a week ago, we made the final decision that we ARE coming. Mom wanted to come, so Daddy has driven most of the way. We added LeeAva to our group and with Michelle and I, our little group spent three days driving to arrive on the Mall in Washington DC this morning.
Wednesday morning we took Mom to therapy on our way out of town. Well, therapy took two hours instead of one so we got started late. But it was good. They let me stay with her and I learned LOTS. (That is for another post.) We drove about 5 hours and stopped in Shiloh, IL and Missy and Janice came and met us while we ate supper. Missed the boys. But we will see them next week so it's all good.
Thursday we drove and drove. Oh wait I did drive! Daddy needed a break, so I drove for a couple of hours and got us from Indiana into Kentucky. We spent that night in Morehead, KY. Of course, we had to find at least one geocache in each state we went through.
Friday our goal was to make it to Charlottesville VA. We made it to my cousin Brenda and Jeff's house about 4:30. I LOVE their new house! I liked their old house too, but really like this one. We missed seeing Jeff because it is his Army Reserve drill weekend. But loved getting to see Brenda and her kids. Only wish we could have stayed longer. Thanks, Bren!
Today, the day we drove all this way for! So six days driving back and forth all for today! Crazy, I know! But we all agree it was worth it. First of all, when we registered for this event, not really knowing if we would be able to come, Mom was still pretty mobile. She got a wheelchair this week. Probably should have had one for a few weeks before that. We looked up handicap accessibility and could find absolutely nothing except for if you had registered that way. So Daddy drove us to the mall, pulled over and we got out. Well, first of all 200,000 people is a LOT of people!!! There were people everywhere, most in the white Rock the Mall t-shirt.
There were lots of port a potty's and they were nice and clean. At least when I used them early in the day. We headed first to the sponsor tents. We did not see much there, just kind of wandered with everyone else. Certain areas were more crowded than others. It was a sea of Girl Scouts all over the Mall. Up to and around the Washington Monument. All up and down the Mall. We couldn't get anywhere near the stage. We never really expected to.
The online information said to bring water bottles and there would be free water filling stations. Well, they were there, but Mom couldn't wait in line for an hour. At one point, we kind of got stuck. There was a mash of people in the line for water and another hour line to buy food and another hour line to purchase the first day issue new Girl Scout stamp. All of those lines mushed together and we had trouble pushing Mom's wheelchair. We made it through with LeeAva pushing Mom, me clearing a path, and Michelle holding her hand. (She grabbed on and wouldn't let go.) We made it through and breathed a sigh of relief.
We found a semi-shady spot to sit and hang out for a half hour until a Geocaching World Wide Flash Mob was going to happen. We were a little worried about Mom. She was looking very worn out. We had planned for Daddy to come back and pick us up at the end- 4:00. Mom asked me to call and tell him she wanted him to come back early.
The event was named a Sing-Along. But there wasn't much singing along. I did record all of us singing along to Girl Scouts Together.
So at 1:00 straight up a bunch of people formed a circle and sang Make New Friends. Michelle turned our names into the geocaching head. That was kind of cool! Mom was ready to go. She told us to stay, but we decided we were all done, as well. We came, saw, sang a little, took a bunch of pictures. It was all good! We were happy!
So I called Daddy and he headed towards where he dropped us off and so did we. That area had more trees so was quite a bit shadier. Mom perked up a bit and we waited. While we were walking that direction, police suddenly ran by us yelling "Make a Hole!" Of course, we moved over. Had no idea we would soon see the people they were after. We don't know what they did. We think maybe they were stealing, but we watched them carry two women, handcuffed to the curb we were about to stand at. We waited somewhere else while those women chanted. While they waited for the police car to come get them, they chanted the whole time. They were pretty rough looking. Of course, they didn't get in the police car by themselves, the officers had to carry them and place them in it. Now that was some people watching!!
When we first arrived we saw a helicopter circling. Initially, I thought it might be a news helicopter. But we think it was security. There were people sitting in the open door with binoculars. These two groups were doing their jobs and keeping all of those Girl Scouts safe and secure.
Anyway, Daddy arrived and we left. We ended up spending about 2 1/2 hours there. We were all happy! Mom said she had two memorable moments- singing Girl Scouts Together and Make New Friends. I added one- The Pledge of Allegiance.
Well, I think I am done! Oh yeah, I felt a little bad for the obvious tourists that got caught in all of that. These men with rented motorcycles went past us with the leader yelling "Don't stop!" And we saw a family of Indians with the women all dressed in their saris trying to get good pictures of the family with the Washington Monument. Well, they just got the added benefit of all those Girl Scouts in their pictures!
And Goodnight and God Bless!!
As most of you know on March 12, 2012 Girl Scouts celebrated 100 years. Of course, the celebrations continue all year long. Today, June 9 was the long planned event called Rock the Mall. We signed up to come in March, not knowing if we would really be able to come. A little over a week ago, we made the final decision that we ARE coming. Mom wanted to come, so Daddy has driven most of the way. We added LeeAva to our group and with Michelle and I, our little group spent three days driving to arrive on the Mall in Washington DC this morning.
Wednesday morning we took Mom to therapy on our way out of town. Well, therapy took two hours instead of one so we got started late. But it was good. They let me stay with her and I learned LOTS. (That is for another post.) We drove about 5 hours and stopped in Shiloh, IL and Missy and Janice came and met us while we ate supper. Missed the boys. But we will see them next week so it's all good.
Thursday we drove and drove. Oh wait I did drive! Daddy needed a break, so I drove for a couple of hours and got us from Indiana into Kentucky. We spent that night in Morehead, KY. Of course, we had to find at least one geocache in each state we went through.
Friday our goal was to make it to Charlottesville VA. We made it to my cousin Brenda and Jeff's house about 4:30. I LOVE their new house! I liked their old house too, but really like this one. We missed seeing Jeff because it is his Army Reserve drill weekend. But loved getting to see Brenda and her kids. Only wish we could have stayed longer. Thanks, Bren!
Today, the day we drove all this way for! So six days driving back and forth all for today! Crazy, I know! But we all agree it was worth it. First of all, when we registered for this event, not really knowing if we would be able to come, Mom was still pretty mobile. She got a wheelchair this week. Probably should have had one for a few weeks before that. We looked up handicap accessibility and could find absolutely nothing except for if you had registered that way. So Daddy drove us to the mall, pulled over and we got out. Well, first of all 200,000 people is a LOT of people!!! There were people everywhere, most in the white Rock the Mall t-shirt.
There were lots of port a potty's and they were nice and clean. At least when I used them early in the day. We headed first to the sponsor tents. We did not see much there, just kind of wandered with everyone else. Certain areas were more crowded than others. It was a sea of Girl Scouts all over the Mall. Up to and around the Washington Monument. All up and down the Mall. We couldn't get anywhere near the stage. We never really expected to.
The online information said to bring water bottles and there would be free water filling stations. Well, they were there, but Mom couldn't wait in line for an hour. At one point, we kind of got stuck. There was a mash of people in the line for water and another hour line to buy food and another hour line to purchase the first day issue new Girl Scout stamp. All of those lines mushed together and we had trouble pushing Mom's wheelchair. We made it through with LeeAva pushing Mom, me clearing a path, and Michelle holding her hand. (She grabbed on and wouldn't let go.) We made it through and breathed a sigh of relief.
We found a semi-shady spot to sit and hang out for a half hour until a Geocaching World Wide Flash Mob was going to happen. We were a little worried about Mom. She was looking very worn out. We had planned for Daddy to come back and pick us up at the end- 4:00. Mom asked me to call and tell him she wanted him to come back early.
The event was named a Sing-Along. But there wasn't much singing along. I did record all of us singing along to Girl Scouts Together.
So at 1:00 straight up a bunch of people formed a circle and sang Make New Friends. Michelle turned our names into the geocaching head. That was kind of cool! Mom was ready to go. She told us to stay, but we decided we were all done, as well. We came, saw, sang a little, took a bunch of pictures. It was all good! We were happy!
So I called Daddy and he headed towards where he dropped us off and so did we. That area had more trees so was quite a bit shadier. Mom perked up a bit and we waited. While we were walking that direction, police suddenly ran by us yelling "Make a Hole!" Of course, we moved over. Had no idea we would soon see the people they were after. We don't know what they did. We think maybe they were stealing, but we watched them carry two women, handcuffed to the curb we were about to stand at. We waited somewhere else while those women chanted. While they waited for the police car to come get them, they chanted the whole time. They were pretty rough looking. Of course, they didn't get in the police car by themselves, the officers had to carry them and place them in it. Now that was some people watching!!
When we first arrived we saw a helicopter circling. Initially, I thought it might be a news helicopter. But we think it was security. There were people sitting in the open door with binoculars. These two groups were doing their jobs and keeping all of those Girl Scouts safe and secure.
Anyway, Daddy arrived and we left. We ended up spending about 2 1/2 hours there. We were all happy! Mom said she had two memorable moments- singing Girl Scouts Together and Make New Friends. I added one- The Pledge of Allegiance.
Well, I think I am done! Oh yeah, I felt a little bad for the obvious tourists that got caught in all of that. These men with rented motorcycles went past us with the leader yelling "Don't stop!" And we saw a family of Indians with the women all dressed in their saris trying to get good pictures of the family with the Washington Monument. Well, they just got the added benefit of all those Girl Scouts in their pictures!
And Goodnight and God Bless!!
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