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Our Saturday began with a complimentary breakfast
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The Potomac on the way to Leesburg
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Rita and Valerie at the Wine Kitchen
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Each of us ordered a local sampler -- a lot of glasses!
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Fiddlehead fern risotto -- remarkably good
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Valerie... at the entrance to the George Marshall home
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Rita follows suit
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Yesterday's laundry room
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Where the Marshalls ate most of their meals according to our guide
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Queen Elizabeth
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George Marshall's library
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His bath and bedroom, with the carpet from Madame Chaing Kai-Shek
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At the Tarara vineyard... before a disappointing tasting
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Redbud was blooming that week
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Sunday's walk was super cold though you'd never guess by this photo
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We were in freezing, gale force winds here at the Supreme Court
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Smithsonian exhibit on Afghanistan
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Traditional motifs in new designs
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Rita in the Smithsonian Castle garden
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Spring
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Plenty of pretzels
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RELOs at Caryn's
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Caryn, Tom, and Kerri
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TESOL 1967, the first convention
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Awaiting the first plenary
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"Men often hate... because they cannot communicate" -MLK
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Getting our history down on paper
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Recent RELO retirees
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Recent RELO retirees retake
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The "Hired when?" line