New London, Connecticut, New England

So its been a while. Since last time I wrote in here we've been heaps of places. I'll try and remember everything.

Left Memphis and the plan was to go to a Civil War Park near Chattanooga and an Apalachan festival near Knoxville before driving to my Uncle John and Aunt Anne's house in Manassas, VA via the Smokey Mountains. By the way, thats John and Anne SANCHEZ... They are awesome, not just because of an awesome last name.

We went on a different highway to the main one from Memphis and as a result got to drive through three more southern states, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. In Alabama we went through a place called Huntsville which is home of the US Space and Rocket Centre and Space Camp, and so we stopped there and had a look.
It was pretty cool, I had a lot of fun. It was cool to see some rockets and simulators and stuff. They even had a moon rock on display. Thats about it for there, you really had to be there... :)

We spent too long there and so we ended up stayin in Chattanooga. The next morning we went to the Civil war place at Chickamauga which is the site of a famous Civil War battle between the Union (North) and the Confederates (South). That was interesting and I learnt a lot. Here's a photo of a monument.
















From here we went to an Apalachan festival near Knoxville. I was convinced that 'Apalachans' were a tribe of Native Americans (Indians)... boy how wrong I was. I was so mad that I had to endure another day of bluegrass. But oh well, never again!!!!

We stayed in Knoxville that night, then drove all the way from Knoxville to Manassas the next day via the Smokey Mountains. That was awesome, the scenery is amazing! I highly recommend going there if you ever get the chance. We ended up going through Tenessee, North Carolina and Virginia that day. Here's a seductive photo of me.
















So we stayed with Uncle John and Aunt Anne in Manassas which is famous for... well nothing really, except if you have heard of Lorraina Bobbet. Probably not the kind of thing you want your town to be known for. Kinda funny though.

Manassas was cool, mainly because I was meeting my Aunt and Uncle 'Sanchez' for the first time and we went to Washington DC and checked out a lot of cool stuff. Things I got to see were a lot of monuments, the White House, Lincoln memorial, and lots of other cool stuff. That was Monday.
















On Tuesday I saw some museums which involved getting my bag searched at every entrance, and unfortunately in the process of getting my bag searched at the final museum for the day, the Natural History museum, I put my camera down and somehow didn't pick it up. So I now do not have a camera. It turns out someone picked it up and boosted, no camera's have been handed in and I filled out all the forms etc. I'm gutted. But it could have been worse.

Yesterday the boys went with Uncle John to the National Marine Museum at Quantico while the girls went with Aunt Anne to some mall. The Museum was epic, makes me want to make use of my US Citizenship and enlist. Only one problem - Iraq. Maybe one day haha! My Uncle was a marine back in the day, and its kinda cool seeing his pride in both the Marine Corps and his country. You don't really see people like that anymore who aren't hicks. Genuine people who are proud of who they are.

Today we drove all the way from Manassas to New London, which is in the state of Connecticut in New England. It was a big day, and we have another big day tomorrow. It should be good.
I'm trying to keep up with work and still have fun but finding the balance is not too easy!

Anyway, I miss all of you back home and hope your holding down the fort for me!
God Bless,
Peace,
ROY

ps Email me sometime, I may not get back to you straight away but I will get back to you. Its awesome to get some contact from my NZ friends.