• Tory Thelen
  • Tory Thelen

Washington dc

A 7-day adventure by Tory Read more
  • Trip start
    June 17, 2017
  • 1st Potty break.

    June 17, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Kelly lost a shoe. Key would not go back in the ignition. And we had our first casulties. Poor lost pretzels. No worries we did find the shoe and figured out the key. But sadly the pretzels fell behind.Read more

  • Lunch

    June 17, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Yummy lunch. And pretty doggies to pet. We made a new rule. No dying on my trip! And we must do a Christina phone check each time we stop. Mosquitoes liked my ankles too much.

  • Scavenger hunt

    June 17, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    What's a triangle anyway?
    Is a fake elephant the same as roadkill?
    Are ducks shaggy?
    Random chanting of pick your nose.
    Oooo..i got an oversized nose. NOOOOOO!
    OMG it's a jeep, i don't care if you're picking your nose.
    Dang, they don't like their roads flat.
    Look Kelly, it's a jeep.
    No mini golf is not a sport.
    Looking for pickers, bobbers, and bumper stickers. And peanuts and popcorn, cuz those always go with everything.

    Sunday update... steam rollers everywhere today. But still no bobbers, pickers, or fishers.

    We did finally find most of the remaining items. But those chickens were illusive. Until this morning when wet noticed this little guy in the dining room.
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  • Illinios

    June 17, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    We made it through Wisconsin. Non stop through Illinois unless you count 7 toll booths.
    Did you know that mile markers in Illinois are every 1/4 mile? I didn't.

  • indiana

    June 17, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Indiana here we come. This is our final destination for tonight.

    What's the speed limit? Per Kelly always guess 90.

  • Goodnight day one

    June 17, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    Lessons learned
    What does a jeep look like
    People do order blueberries on the side with their pancakes
    An isosolese triangle has 2 sides the same?
    No one sleeps, picks their nose. Dances in their car, or hangs their clothes up to dry.

    Observations made
    Fireflies driving into camp were beautiful
    Deer were everywhere
    Storms are coming
    We lost an hour on the drive

    The girls were really great today. They got along well, had a lot of fun, helped when needed.

    Looking forward to arriving at ore destination tomorrow.

    Kelly earned herself a camp name...isosceles... thanks to stumpy.

    Here's to tomorrow.
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  • Lunch

    June 18, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 28 °C

    We stopped at a service plaza. It had restaurants, gas, and gift shops. We tried eating outside but it started raining. Now we are back on the road. Getting close to the mountains. Starting to look pretty.

    As we got on the road and it it's wet.. the girls asked if it was raining. Well, the mad dash inside 30 minutes ago might mean yeah... It rained.
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  • Pensylvania here we come.

    June 18, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    Should we visit kate plus 8's house?
    Or Abby lee's dance studio?
    Now playing epic would you rather?
    Unicorn horn or harmonica in your nose?
    rather be Donald trump hair and all or not?
    Go on a road trip with Ben Franklin and Elvis or napolean and snoop dog?
    Silence with a stare or pinch with a wink?
    Rather have perfect cell signal or unlimited fudge?
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  • Smithsonian natural history

    June 19, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Originally we were going to start at the holocaust museum but we were paint the museum of natural history as it opened. We spilt into three groups. I had the Truddy group of Olivia LaShaya and Janelle.

    We looked at a lot of geological exhibits. Then the insects and mummies.

    We touched a piece of Mars. It was awesome. We saw three hope diamond and they held a grasshopper. We also saw a giant rhino beetle up closer.
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  • Capitol building

    June 19, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    This was a really interesting tour. We learned that it took the artist 11 months to paint the dome. But the fresco took 75 years. The original artistr painted about 1/2 The fresco and he was overt 80 when he passed out and fell from the scaffolding. He caught the scaffolding and was rescued but never went up again. So he gave his sketches and plans to another artist and the second artist painted until he ran out of sketches and they realized that the original artist thought it was 33 ft shorter. Congress spent 50 years debating what should be added to the final painting. Our government at work. 😀Read more

  • Ford theater

    June 19, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 22 °C

    Lincoln. We rushed of to the Ford theater when Lincoln was shot. In the rain.
    Part of the exhibit had a montage of former Presidents reading the Gettysburg address.
    We also went across the street to the house where he died.Read more

  • China town

    June 19, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 23 °C

    Ok so it was a bit of an adventure to find China town, but we were determined.
    We ate at Tony chengs. Family style.
    First course spring rolls, fried wonton skins and egg drop soup.
    Second course fried rice, green bean, kung pow chicken, Sweet and sour pork, beef and broccoli, shrimp and snow peas and veggie low mein.
    Dessert was oranges and fortune cookies... apparently many of the girls are going to have happy relationships. So we'll be watching them like hawks at the beach tomorrow.
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  • Beach bound

    June 20, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Ocean city. Md here we come.

    Turns out the missing chickens for the scavenger hunt are all on the way to the beach. We've seen tons of them.