Day 6 and 7

It's Alabama day!! Resting in Alabama was a dream come true for the journey. It had only been a few days since we left California but we were already in need of some quality time with friends and time off the road. Emily and Scott Hawkins treated us to a tour of Birmingham including an art festival, a lookout point over the city (The Vulcan), a car ride through downtown where many of the civil rights actions took place, and of course Southern BBQ.











After we stuffed our faces and got some R & R we were back on the road for the last leg of the trip. We drove from Alabama all the way to Washington, DC. I slacked a bit on taking pictures on this part of the trip. Honestly we passed through so many states I lost track. Late Sunday night we found ourselves in Washington, DC where we met up with our friend John O'Neill. John is studying at George Washington University and was kind enough to lend us his bed for the night. In addition he gave us an amazing late night tour of Washington, DC. Although I (Carly) have never been to our nation's capital, seeing it at midnight was really special. There was no one on the streets and the night sky was so clear. We got an 11:00pm tour of the Lincoln Memorial pretty much all to ourselves. This was one of my favorite parts of our trip. After being in a car for 14 hours walking around the city was just what the doctor ordered.