Our adventure begins...

Gas to the airport: $25

Breakfast at Einstien Bagels: $12.99

Arriving in DC without luggage: priceless

Yup, that is right, we arrived and our luggage did not. We were promised it was on the flight arriving at 4:19 pm, but we don't know whether to believe that or not.

Our morning started out well, we got to my parents on time, only to find out our flight was delayed and had not yet left Colorado Springs. We hung out with my folks for awhile, then headed to the airport for some yummy breakfast/lunch. We arrived at the gate to find it very crowded. They deplaned, cleaned, and then began boarding. First, she called First Class Passengers and people that needed assistance boarding. Then it was Gold, Silver, and Elite. Then, "Now boarding all rows." WHAT! Who says that. You have never seen 200 people rush to a gate faster than what we witnessed this morning. It was chaos to say the least, and loading took forever.

The flight was nice, we doozed most of the way. Landed in DC no trouble, then off to wait for our bags. And wait, and wait, and wait. Yup, they didn't show up. So here is Mike wondering where in the world is our luggage?

After we spoke with the nice baggage claim folks, who promised us our bags would be delivered tonight between 4:30 and 10:30 pm, we headed for the metro to get to our hotel. As missing bags go, it was pretty nice not to have to lug our stuff on the metro. We rode around and got off at Union Station.

So then the photos in front of famous buildings began. Here we are off to the side of the Capital.

I got us to our hotel mostly directly. We didn't walk past it at least! It is really close to the metro which is perfect. We checked in, and the nice lady at the front desk said we had one of her favorite rooms. That sounded good to us! We took the elevator to the top (only 10 floors mom, no worries!) and found our nice corner room. Mike looked at the price on the door and it states the room should cost $510 for two people per night. Needless to say, that is not our rate. Who would ever pay that anyway?

Here is a picture of the room:

So now we are just chilling, trying to relax a bit after traveling. We are going to dinner at Cosi, which is a short walk away. We'll put some more pictures up later tonight if we get any good ones!