What a day! We arrived at the airport at 5:00am. Sam was immediately treated like royalty. We were bumped to the front of the line, received special wings to give to the flight crew, we're moved to first class and received special attention from the pilots.
When we got to the connecting flight in Minneapolis, we met Dijonna and her family from Wisconsin (way cool). We have been hanging out since then. When we arrived in DC, we were welcomed off the plane by Delta staff and media. We were soon joined by about 5 other families. Then we all boarded a bus to the JW Marriott at 1336 Pennsylvania Ave. after finding our room, we went sightseeing with Wisconsin. Along the way we passed Alabama and Vermont amongst others. We also saw the Washington Monument, WWII Vetran's Memorial, the hotel in Ghostbusters and the White House. Not bad for our first few free hours.
At 6:00, we had a Open House where we met with the other families for a little while, got some goodies and lanyards with name tags....oh and met Mark Wills. More on that development tomorrow.
Now we are chilling in our room, where we ca see the Washington Monument. Tomorrow is a busy congressional day that starts with breakfast at 8:00. Hopefully I will be able to post some pix now from the iPod. (I am typing the blog from the Pad. Thanks Sam's Club).
Talk to you again tomorrow.
Erin
Samantha, I was one of the flight attendants on your flight to DC and it was SUCH a pleasure to meet you! You are such a bright, fun, & sweet young lady. Enjoy every second of your trip, and thanks for letting us be a part of it with you!
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