Washington DC Trip - The Keychain Version (part 7)

Colonial Williamsburg

Our last stop on the way home was Colonial Williamsburg. It was incredible to see a working town from before the 1780. I was able to walk in the same streets that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson walked. 

Colonial Williamsburg Keychain

The Church

Part of the town

In the Governor's House

Washington DC Trip - The Keychain Version (part 6)

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

On our way home, we drove through on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. It is the weirdest tunnel/bridge I have ever been on. It is 20 miles long. It starts as a bridge and then you go down under the water in a tunnel, then back up to a bridge, then another tunnel, and finally a bridge to the other side. It was quite the experience!

The keychain below is from the gift shop that is about halfway across. There is also a restaurant that is pretty much in the middle of the water!

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Keychain

Looking across to the other bridge. The tunnel is under the water!

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

Washington DC Trip - The Keychain Version (part 5)

Ocean City, MD and Assateague Island

Our next stop on our great vacation was camping at Assateague Island. It is the place of the wild horses and as my mom says, "Didn't you read Misty of Chincoteague?" While camping on the beach, we were able to see a few horses. It is fun because they are wild, so they will walk right through your campsite!

One of the wild horses. While I am used to seeing deer on the side of the road, I was not used to seeing horses on the side of the road!

Assateague Island Keychain

Assateague Island Keychain (back side)

While camping on the island, we also drove over to Ocean City and walked the boardwalk! Lots of fun shops there!

Ocean City, MD Keychain

"Sand Art" Someone made this in the sand on the beach in Ocean City.

Washington DC Trip - The Keychain Version (part 4)

Supreme Court Building 

 While in D.C., I was able to tour the Supreme Court building and since I was able to add two keychains to my collection from there, I thought I would share them with you!

The first keychain is a gavel! On one side it say "United States" and on the other it says "Supreme Court".

"United States" gavel keychain

"Supreme Court" gavel keychain

I wasn't going to get this keychain originally because one keychain is enough from each place, but this may be one of the cutest keychains I have ever seen! It is a little tin box and it even opens up. 

Supreme Court keychain

Supreme Court keychain (the top)

Supreme Court keychain (With it open!)

The Supreme Court building is currently being repaired so there is a covering on it.

Washington DC Trip - The Keychain Version (part 3)

3rd Stop - Washington D.C. 

Next we headed to Washington D.C.! I was excited to go to the Capitol of the U.S.A.! While there, I had the opportunity to meet with several congress members from my state, visit the Capitol, the Supreme Court, 2 of the Smithsonian Museums, and go to almost all of the memorials around the Capitol Mall. 

This keychain has a few different pictures on it of the different places around D.C.

United States - Washington D.C.

 

The Lincoln Memorial

The Capitol

The White House

Vietnam Memorial

The Washington Memorial

The next keychain is another one that shows different sights around the city!

Washington D.C. Keychain

Washington DC Trip - The Keychain Version (part 2)

Gettysburg 

Our second stop was Gettysburg. I had no idea how big the battlefields of Gettysburg were. I thought it was a small area, but I had a totally wrong idea in my head of the true size. It was a very solemn place to be and I will never forget it. 


The keychain I got in Gettysburg commemorates the 150th anniversary of the battle fought there. 

Gettysburg keychain - 1863-2013

July 1, 2, and 3, 1863 - Gettysburg

Here are a few pictures from the battlefield.

A small part of the Gettysburg battlefield

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war..."

Washington DC Trip - The Keychain Version (part 1)

I am so excited to share about my recent trip to Washington DC and the surrounding area. I have to say right up front this may very well have been one of THE best trips I have ever been on. I had so much fun and learned so much about history. The places I went to open the doors to a whole new dimension for me. It was a fantastic trip.

One of the fun parts of my trip was that I was able to expand my keychain collection while traveling! It is always fun to get a souvenir to help remember the vacation and the good times. And my favorite souvenirs happen to be keychains! I added a quite a few so it will take a couple posts to share them all, but I hope you enjoy my story through the keychains!

First Stop - Hershey Chocolate World

While we hadn't planned on this being our first stop, it was indeed. (We had planned on going to the Sight and Sound Production of Noah in Lancaster, PA, but our car broke down. Check out my mom's blog for more of the story.

Hershey, PA was a fun town to go to. The street lights are made of chocolate kisses and the town seems to center around chocolate. We were able to go on a tour of how they make the chocolate. It was a lot of fun!

So my first keychain came from there! It has my first initial on it, "M," a "kiss," and it say Hershey Chocolate World!

Hershey Chocolate World Keychain