Our ward practices for the primary program on the Saturday morning before the program because that is the only time we can use the chapel to practice. We attend church in the Washington DC Stake Center next to the temple (25-30 min away) so after the practice we wanted to do something fun in the area. October is my favorite month of weather in Maryland. It’s not cold like in Michigan,the mugginess of summer is gone, and the leaves are beautiful! We decided on a visit to The Great Falls of the Potomac. I had no idea there were such large rapids on the Potomac river! It was a fun little walk out to the falls on a board walk over a grassy swamp. We also walked along the Patowmack Canal which is right next to the Potomac River and tried to explain to our kids how Locks work. (George Washington proposed the building of the canal because the falls/rapids were a major snag in using the Potomac River for shipping purposes)
The most exciting part of the trip for the kids (and probably Seth too) was seeing this tiny snapping turtle cross the path on our way out. He was really cute and on the move to somewhere. Charlie is standing next to many of the the locks on the canal.
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