Washington D.C. Temple

We got to D.C. on September 4th, 2007. The Young Living convention was from Sept. 6-8th. We were going to have lunch with Elder Pierce on the 5th, so I wanted to get there early to make sure we knew where we were going.

We flew into Baltimore/Washington Airport. Next thing was to get a rental car. Larry checked prices and found us a nice minivan to use while on our trip. Six people times luggage and backpacks some how all fit fairly comfortably in our "new" minivan...until...we realized that the air conditioner was just not going to work. The blower worked fine. The car was running while we were loadig it. We kept waiting for cool air to come out, but it never did. So we did a u-turn back to the rental place. They checked it out and decided that they did not know why a brand new mini van was not blowing cold air. They graciously offered us an upgrade to a bigger car.

That sounds good, doesn't it? NOT. This car was bigger. It was an SUV. But somehow our luggage did not fit as well. We crammed what we could in the back of the SUV and then stuck more luggage in the back seat along with Leiden who thought it was fun to ride back with all of the luggage. Thank goodness. Cramped, but cool we took off to see what we could see.

The first thing we saw was the Washington D.C. Temple. It is really a beautiful place. The temple seemed translucent and the grounds were beautifully kept. We stopped by the Visitor's Center where I know that Elder Pierce has taken many an investigator. We even had a sweet sister missionary take our picture at the same spot where Elder Pierce had been photographed with one of his investigators while in Herndon.