Brewers vs. Nationals in Washington D.C.

They milk the groundhog thing to death, which makes perfect sense because it's all they really got. Everywhere you look, every corner you turn, every sign you see has something about the groundhog. That's not too bad for someone visiting, but I bet that it gets pretty annoying for someone living in the town of Punxsutawney. But I guess if they don't like it, they can always leave. From up on the hill it looks like a charming little place to live, but I guess there's a pretty good reason why I'm not packing my bags and moving the family to this town. Probably because I don't have bags or a family.

All over town there are groundhog statues dressed up in people clothes. Outside of the Weather Discovery Center (which I'm guessing is their science museum that is capitalizing on Phil's title as the World's Most Famous Weatherman) there is one dressed up like a sorcerer. Don't know what that has to do with weather except for casting spells, but someone apparently thought that the two go hand in hand. Another one was dressed up like a handyman or something. In all there are like 32 of these statues scattered around town, and they even hand out a map at the souvenir store that shows you where all of them are. We didn't have the time nor did we have the interest to run around town and find them all.

When I tell people about our road trip to Washington D.C. I tell them that I drove the entire way. That couldn't be further than the truth. Kevin doesn't mind driving and drove like 23 of the 28 hours on this trip. I tried to catch a picture of him sleeping while I drove but I failed.

We saw these buildings on the way out to Washington D.C. and commented on them, but I didn't take a picture until we were driving back home. To this day I still do not know what they are for but I do know one thing - it looks like a titty. What is this boob used for?

I've done a whole lot of long distance driving in my life. Whether it be the 30 hour drive to Las Vegas, driving to Wisconsin from California or driving to New York City; I've spanned the entire USA in my travels. But I didn't get to drive until the boring states (Ohio, Indiana and Illinois) which really pissed me off because Kevin got all the good ones. We all know that Illinois is flat land, but I had forgotten that Ohio and Indiana were just as bad. I could've tied a rope to the steering wheel to keep it straight and left the car on cruise control and been just fine.

Kevin bought a life-size Punxsutawney Phil stuffed animal at the souvenir store, and he pulled his bandana up around his face like a bandit robbing a stagecoach in the Wild Wild West. Because Phil is such an important member of the family he gets to ride up front and sit in Kevin's lap, which I'm pretty sure is illegal. Since I didn't intend to get pulled over, I let the little guy ride in the front instead of his government mandated car seat in the back. When you are as awesome as replica Phil, you can do anything you want.

I didn't do it this time, but I almost always take a picture with Coach Bombay before I leave on a vacation. So I tried to make up for it by posing for this picture with him when I got back home. This trip was one of the best, and I can't wait until my next road trip with Kevin - Brewers vs. Red Sox in Boston June 17th - 19th, 2011.

When you drive cross country and spend a lot of time on the road, your mind starts to wander. You either start seeing things that aren't there are you see things differently than they appear. Such is the case as we passed the town of Mishawaka, Indiana, which Kevin and I called Mrs. Chewbacca. It's too bad that it wasn't Chewbacca's lovely wife.