{"id":240,"date":"2014-07-12T22:19:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T22:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=240"},"modified":"2014-07-12T22:19:55","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T22:19:55","slug":"heading-to-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"Heading to DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We headed out on our vacation a week ago this past Thursday &#8211; July 3.\u00a0 Lindee &amp; I both worked until about the middle of the afternoon, &amp; then she &amp; the girls got here to pick me up, &amp; we got on the road around 4.\u00a0 Jeff took this picture of us heading out.<a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-241\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"get-attachment\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment3-690x517.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment3-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we ran into even more than the regular rush hour traffic in Charlotte &#8211; it took us two hours to get across town, and we still were hardly moving.\u00a0 We got off the interstate, &amp; rode back roads for a while, &amp; then by the time we got back on I-85 traffic was moving.\u00a0 It did put us arriving at the Virginia Welcome Center later than anticipated, and the girls were SO excited to see a playground there so they could use up some energy.\u00a0 Lindee &amp; I even got on it to work out some of our kinks from sitting so long.\u00a0 We got to Springfield, VA, maybe around midnight, &amp; checked into the Hampton Inn.\u00a0 Springfield is as far out as the Metro runs to take us in Washington the next day, &amp; that turned out to be a great plan.\u00a0 Here are Lindee &amp; Mal on the playground.\u00a0 These should be required at every welcome center!<a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-242\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"get-attachment\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment4-690x517.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment4-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We headed out on our vacation a week ago this past Thursday &#8211; July 3.\u00a0 Lindee &amp; I both worked until about the middle of the afternoon, &amp; then she &amp; the girls got here to pick me up, &amp; we got on the road around 4.\u00a0 Jeff took this picture of us heading out. 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