Here are the girls at our gate early this morning - 22 - a great place for these “borderline Swifties” to start off their trip.

Colin and Daphne on the plane… they slept, watched Turning Red, and played Texas Hold ‘Em.

Mackie and Emily sat together. Mackie explained why planes have rounded windows - all you need to know is, be grateful for rounded windows. They watched 5 (or maybe 6) episodes of Modern Family + 1 episode of The West Wing (and then Emily watched 2 more - just to get in the mood - while Mackie, our “Swift Curious” girl, listened to 13: A Taylor Swift Fan Podcast)

And, we made it!

The girls were troopers with all their luggage on the crowded D.C. Metro. We then took the “scenic route” on foot from Union Station to our hotel, or, we got lost, but as Colin said, he’s like a moth to a flame when it comes to the Capitol, so we happily oohed and ahhed at the Capitol before we made it to the hotel. We finally settled in our room and some of us took cold showers (man, that humidity!)...After a quick rest we were ready for an evening walk to dinner, but when we stepped outside, we found that we were now at 100% humidity! The skies had opened up - thunder, lightning, rain + a warm breeze!

Welcome to D.C.!

Tomorrow: The U.S. Capitol! The Bureau of Engraving and Printing! (Maybe) And a possibly wet nightcap at a national park… I’m sorry, I’m being told that’s “Nationals Park.” My mistake. 😛😛😛