Our Wonderful Washington DC Weekend

Wednesday, May 27th, Russell and I flew to Washington DC, a place we had never been. The reason for our trip was to celebrate the retirement of Lieutenant Colonel Kim Paul Wortham. Kim is a close high school friend of Russell's from way back at Meridian High School, class of 1975. Just wish I had a picture of them from 1975, they look much different now!



His retirement ceremony was Thursday afternoon at Ft. Myers military base. It is adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery, home of the unknown soldier. The ceremony was pretty awesome, here is a photo of Kim and then some video of the occasion. It was pretty spectacular and we sure were glad he invited us to go to it.







This drum and fife band was our favorite, (you drillteam sisters, watch how straight their diagonals are).

Here are some photos from our day walking, (and walking and walking) around the sites. Please know we are not looking our best, it was hot, rainy, and windy that day.