We just drove from Provo, Utah to Alexandria, Virginia where I will be temporarily working at the National Science Foundation as a program officer. Allison and Davey, which help from their siblings set up our apartment for us before we arrived. It was so nice it was to be able to move
into an already set-up apartment after a long and sometimes difficult drive
from Utah to here. We’re excited to be closer and Allison’s and Patrick’s
families for a while, even though it puts us further away from the California
and Utah families. I’ve attached some pictures of the new apartment. We have
a nice view of the National Science Foundation on one side (a very short walk)
and to the South on the other side. We’re on the 15th floor, so the
view is pretty good. We’re excited to get settled and explore everything.
Our trip here was thankfully pretty uneventful. We took off
from Provo right after my last final was over on Wednesday at 10:00 AM and
drove to Sidney Nebraska. Our Fusion was packed about as full as we could
manage. It is a pretty peppy car, so we didn’t notice the extra weight much
when we were driving.
On Thursday the drive was more challenging, especially in
the morning. We drove into some freezing rain. There was a constant drizzle
which froze on the road and windshield on contact. It was cold enough that we
couldn’t keep the windshield clear, even with the defroster on full blast. We
thought the problem might have been old wiper blades, so we stopped and changed
them. The new ones were better, but the windshield still required us to stop
occasionally and scrape it. The road was also very slick. We were limited to 30
MPH in some sections. We probably saw about a dozen vehicles who had slide off
the road. One of them was trying to pass us when they lost control and were
fishtailing back and forth across their lane. We were worried they were going
to push us off the road when their car got within a few inches of ours. After
that, they spun across the median and across the lanes of opposing traffic. We
hope they were okay. We couldn’t follow them as we were intent on keeping our
own car under control.
On Friday, we took a chance to stop by and see Aunt Joan
while we were in Indiana. It was great to have lunch with her and get caught up
on her missionary endeavors. It added another two hours to the trip that day, so
we arrived quite late in Somerset, PA, but it was worth it.
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| Dining Room with View to the South |
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| Couch, computer desk, and bar stools |
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| Nice Welcome Basket from Family |
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| Kitchen with Bar Stools |
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| Bathroom with Washer and Drier |
