Washington, D.C. 

Gallaudet University

Alex with his good friend, Jon.  They were old roommates at Gallaudet.  He recently hiked the Appalachian Trail and said he would love to help out with orphans in the future.  We hope he will!  

At Fairfax church givin' the presentation.  This is where Alex interred for a year and a half.  

Nice church family!  

Alexa with Jason/Jasmine Bard's adorable daughter!  

This is David Hinckley, one of the elders at Fairfax and Alex's old "boss".  

Potluck time!!!

With Cindi Cesone, who would later host us.  We stayed first with Nancy Rarus (the one with pugs) and then stayed with the Cesones.  

At the Cesones' home.  This is Dennis and Cindi's adorable daughter, Kayla.  She is 9 years old and very bright.  We would love for all of the orphans to grow up to be like her!  They were playing scrabble on iPad.  

Dennis, the man of the house!  Cookin' up some delicious brats.  

couldn't agree more.  

Nice drawing by Kayla!  

Father and Daughter.  

This picture was taken very early in the morning - just as Dennis was ready to go off to work and us off to Canada after our time at Fairfax.  We sure do miss them.  We had a lot of coffee, tea, and organic food!  

Somewhere near Erie.  It started to snow hard, but we persevered and the Lincoln took us through the storms.  

Buffalo!  No beautiful mountains or anything.  Just plain ol' Buffalo.  

The Canadian border!  Big difference from the Mexican border in San Diego.  It was sunny and hot there, but it's cold and snowy here.  Which one would you prefer to go through?  

More to discover!  What's beyond those pine trees, hmm?  Maybe a moose or a bear?  

Our car in its resting place.  It's carried us for well over 7,000 miles!  

Alexa making some relay calls.  No VP services in Canada!  Alexa is hissing at me for taking a candid picture of her.  

Right now, it's a Christmas break, as I am sure you all are having right now.  We will use this time to relax, recover from the road trip, and to spend time with Alexa's family.  What's up next is language lessons in Romanian and Ukrainian, and contacting people in Europe to make plans for our next big trip.  But right now, it's just restin' time!  :)