We started the license plate game off with a bang today - first plate Alaska! Boom!
We said our goodbyes to Chris' parents and left Cincinnati early in the morning and drove thorough Columbus, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and arrived in Maryland around 7 PM.
We saw a sign for the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania so we decided to take a slight detour. I am really glad we did. This is the beauty of not having a schedule. If you have the opportunity to go, I would do it. They are in the midst of construction, but it is already a really nice tribute. As we drove up, we happened to put a radio lab podcast on "60 words" we had no idea it was related, but it provoked some thought.
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| As you walk up there are detailed signs about the events and timeline, a place to leave messages and an area for reflection presentations a few times a day |
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| You walk along a path that is parallel to the plane impact site to the memorial - its hard to see but the boulder in the middle distance is about where the crash was |
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| Each panel of the marble wall has the name of those who passed. The gate in this photo look over the impact of the plane |
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| There were probably about 200 people visiting, more than I expected |
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| This stopped me in my tracks, I forgot a pregnant woman was a passanger until I saw this, its hard to see "and unborn child" |
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| The Harley Davidson crowd was well over half of the visitors |
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| A beautiful memorial and a nice peaceful day |
We headed back on the road the scenic route and arrived to a BBQ at my cousin Layla and Jeff's house well under way. So far we have clocked 836 miles. One more day in the DC area!
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