What's Going On?

Yesterday we went to the Maryland Science Museum.  It's supposed to be one of the top rated ones in the country and I can see why.  It was very interesting.  I have some great pictures, but once again blogger will not let me upload them.  Sigh.

On the way to the museum yesterday there were lots of sirens, backed up traffic, and a police helicopter circling about 3 blocks north of us.  Something big was happening.  I tried to google "breaking news Baltimore" but I didn't find anything.  On the way to Washington, D.C. we heard on the radio that a suspicious package was found at the Pentagon.  It ended up being a bomb and a suspect was taken into custody, but all the roads around the Pentagon and around Arlington Cemetery were closed which caused a huge traffic nightmare.  Fortunately we were coming in from Annapolis so the traffic didn't affect us much.

I haven't read a newspaper since we left Portsmouth, so I have no idea what's going on in the world.  There simply isn't much time for things like that.  I get internet access in short spurts, just enough to blog and maybe return an e-mail.  Today I took too long trying to upload those pictures (they really are wonderful) and now the kids are up and it's time to get breakfast going, make the beds, take a shower, etc.  They crew doesn't wait for me.  If anything big happens in the world that I should know about,  someone please either comment here or e-mail me.

Today we are going to the B&O Railroad Museum.  The kids love trains so much we thought that might be fun.  We can actually ride a train and everything.  I'm quite excited about it.

Tomorrow we leave for St. Michaels, and Friday is Zachary's birthday.  We've been furtively purchasing him small gifts.  I'm going to make him a cake when we get there.  It's the first cake I've made since we've come aboard.  Usually I make one to celebrate a passage or some milestone (like making it to our furthest North point, Baltimore).  However, since I'm the main person who eats the cake, and I really don't need to eat more cake, I have resisted the urge quite well.  But Friday is a special day, and Zachary has requested a Star Wars cake.  I'm not sure how I'm going to pull that one off, but hope springs eternal.