Vosslings Adventure Part 2- Day 21

Day 21

Friday, July 8, 2016       Georgetown  

Today we drove to Georgetown which is known for its miles of upscale shops and restaurants along the beautiful Potomac River. Our goal today was to take the boat tour of Washington DC from the River. The boats ran on the hour so we took some time to walk around and stop for a late lunch. We ate at Nick's Riverside Grill. Due to the excessive heat, we chose to eat indoors, thank goodness. The food was very good. After Dinner, we walked back down to the boat ramp to catch the next tour. Suddenly a very large bus pulled up and let a group of people off that filed onto the boat. Apparently they prepaid for group tickets and there wasn't any room left on board for our family. We were bummed and didn't want to wait another hour due to a storm expected later in the evening. We walked up to the shops and browsed for a short time. We purchased a pair of tennis shoes for Colin and the minute we stepped outside it began to pour! We ducked into a covered alley and had Colin quick change back into his old shoes and we ran several blocks back to the car. We were so thankful there wasn't any room on that boat!

Nick's Riverside Grill in the Blue canopy

Other shops and restaurants along the River

The Dock

The DC Cruise Boat

The view from the dock

Love this building architecture. They wanted everyone to have a view of the river. 

I Knew I Should have Taken That Left Turn at Albuquerque!- Bugs Bunny

6/28/15
Day 21

We left Arizona in the morning to make our next over night stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Took us about eight hours, but we finally made it. The best part of the day was getting to go see Dad's cousin David and his wife Jamie and their super cool kids. We had some real New Mexican food, which was pretty spicy, but very delicious. My favorite food we tried was called.... umm i don't remember, but Jamie told me that it is translated into little pillow. They were like little pastries that you are supposed to rip a little piece off of and pour honey inside, super yummy stuff!!! We had an awesome time talking to David and Jamie, telling them about our adventures and learning more about each other. The kids had a blast playing, Peter and Joseph, the baby twins, slept pretty much the entire time we were there so we didn't really get to see them, but Colin and Charlie had a great time playing with Eva and Elijah. We talked for hours, enjoying each other's stories and just catching up.  I think the most interesting thing I learned was that Jamie lived in Japan the majority of her childhood, talk about cool!! We parted with sweet sorrow, knowing we would see each other again in a few days at the Voss Family Heritage Days.


Bugs Bunny Albuquerque Line

Day 21 ...down the road a pace

Day 21

Depart  Mesa, AZ
Destination  Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque Central KOA
405 miles,  6 hours 15 minutes

June 28, 2015

The little boys were so excited to take this trip to New Mexico! I don't really know why but Charlie kept telling everyone we were going to New Mexico, which must be the destination that stood out in his mind. After all, we do have cousins we will be visiting while there!

When we pulled out of our camp and headed into town to get fuel in Mesa, we got turned around and couldn't find a gas station with diesel and easy pull in for the RV.  It gets complicated when you are driving on unfamiliar roads, we feared getting stuck somewhere. Once we found a place to fuel up, I jumped out and grabbed some food with Chandler and Josh was conversing with the couple in the truck fueling up across from us. The couple was just leaving Mesa headed for Albuquerque where they recently moved. He recommended we take the beautiful highway 87 to Albuquerque which would take off 1 hour of the days drive.  Josh was pretty excited to take the scenic byway to NM.

The drive was so beautiful. I hogged the front seat this entire drive. There was a scary moment on the road when the minivan several yards ahead of us appeared to have their reverse lights on. I mentioned to Josh that it was odd that both white back up lights were on while driving down a steep grade hill. As we reached the bottom of the hill the van didn't keep speed. We were headed straight for them. We got close enough to be able the see the panic in their car as they realized the car was in reverse. The passenger reached over and shifted the van into drive just as we were immediately behind them. It's amazing what you can see from up in the passenger seat!

We pulled into Albuquerque Central KOA at 5pm. We quickly set up camp and detached the car. We had a dinner date planned with some pretty awesome cousins residing here in Albuquerque. We were so excited to visit David and Jamie Voss on their home turf. They treated us to REAL AUTHENTIC New Mexican food! They arranged take out and had a wide variety of Mexican dishes to choose from. Everything was delicious!  If you don't care for spicy food.... DON'T go authentic! Wink Wink.
We had a wonderful visit with our cousins. All of our kids played well together and we got to learn more about each others day to day lives and had some big chuckles! Love, Love having this opportunity to visit family, what a blessing. Thank you David and Jamie for welcoming us into your home and introducing us to some awesome authentic cuisine!