We got the kids out of bed at 2 a.m. to drive to Colorado Springs. Yes, dad thought it was a good idea to fly out of Colorado Springs instead of Denver. (We did save a little money that way) Seemed like a good idea in April. Kids slept as much as they could in the car. We got to the Springs in plenty of time. The Colorado Springs airport is small enough that we got right through and ready for our plane in plenty of time. It was there that we realized we had left our banannas for breakfast in the van and mom forgot her hat too. No problem. The gift shop in the airport had a hat mom could buy and we got a pastry and egg bagel sandwich that we shared for breakfast.
The plane rides from Colorado Springs to Houston and Houston to Baltimore were uneventful, thankfully. All but dad watched the movie Penelope on the plane and we got little mini sandwiches to eat for lunch. When we got to Baltimore we got our bags and got reintroduced to humidity. We don't get much of that in Colorado. We made our way to the Avis car rental counter and I surprised the kids by renting a Toyota Highlander (What else would someone who has owned only Toyota's get?). I told the kids not to expect a mini van or the like, but this car had a third seat which was very important to Kendra. (she doesn't like to sit by her sister too much) Once we found our way to the interstate we headed south to D.C. One of the first things we noticed was all the trees and very little ability to see beyond the road we were on. In Colorado we can see for miles. In Maryland and Virginia you can only see what's right in front of you.
We made it to the north end of DC and checked into our Howard Johnson hotel in Cheverly Maryland. Our hotel wasn't much to write home about, but it was a roof over our head. There were many people from other countries there. (A Japanese contingent and some of Australian persuasian to be exact) The A/C didn't stay ahead of the hot humidity too well in our room, but we survived. For dinner we ventured out to a Ruby Tuesday's in Landover, saw the stadium where the Washington Redskins play, and then got a few groceries at "Giant". We were all pretty beat after getting up so early, so we were all in bed and asleep by 9 PM.
We had made it through day 1, and we were on the East Coast ready for several days of adventure.
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