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My HLAA trip. ( Hearing Loss Association of America ) We leave to the Amtrak station in Fayetteville NC. We check our baggage and go to a McDonalds and people were singing loudly for about 15-20 minutes. I got 2 milks and a quarter pounder. Keith got 2 chicken snack wraps and a water. We went back to the Amtrak station and waved goodbye to dad. Then I heard that the train was an hour and twenty-five minutes late. I napped with my earplugs in. The bench was terribly hard. I HATED it. Finally the train arrived. I was wide awake until 2:00 AM 6/23/13.

I woke upright near Washington DC. I saw the Washington monument under renovation. We arrived in Union station Washington DC. We got off the train and went to the baggage lockers and baggage check. Then we called for a taxi so we could go to the National Shrine of Washington DC ( The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception ). We headed towards the mass. It wasn't just any mass, it was the ordination of the deacons! The cardinal and the Knights of Columbus ( wearing those funky hats ) were there. I got super tired and fell asleep about 2 times. Since was so tired we just went downstairs and took a tour. We saw a slab of marble with "Babe" Ruth's name on it. We went into many chapels I got annoyed. We went to the gift shop and then took a taxi to the International Spy Museum. They had long lines and we didn't have the time to wait through the line.



We walked through China town and all the way to Union station. We went to the gate we need to be at ( I can't remember which gate ) but we got on the train and left for Chicago. On the way we met a kid named Harley David Sjolander. We became friends. We talked and played Minecraft and listened to music. Then I got tired and went back to the chair to sleep. I woke up in the morning at 8 AM 6/24/13. Keith was in the café car playing minecraft. We had gone through the C & O canal area and we were on the B & O rail road all the way to Chicago. When we arrived we exchanged e-mails with Harley. We sang thrift shop loudly down the train car isle. That was hilarious when we did that. We said good bye to Harley. We went inside the train station and got our baggage and put it in the baggage check and put our other bags in the lockers. We walked to the Willis tower. We thought the lines were too long so we went back. We ate at a restaurant called Metro. We went to gate C and took the train to Denver. We ate in the diner car. I ordered milk and Kraft Mac n' Cheese. When we arrived in Denver we took our baggage and checked it and went to our hotel La Quinta Denver central. We went to the downtown aquarium. I woke up and got dressed and packed. Mum checked out and we took the taxi back to the train station. We got on the train and went through the Rocky mountains. We passed into Utah and into Nevada all the way to Sacramento. I saw a sight that a trails and rails manager pointed out. Transportation Mountain/Rock, I can't remember EXACTLY how it's spelled. But in Sacramento we went to the capital building. I got a California tee and touched bacteria bear. Its called bacteria bear because how many people touch it. YUCK. The tour guide didn't tell me about it till after I touched it. There was a hand sanitizer station nearby anyways. We head back to the train station. But mum wanted to got to a restaurant called teriyaki to go. I didn't like the "fresh" fruit. I don't like oranges. So we go to he train station and wait till 12 AM. I got on the train and immediately fell asleep. I woke up and Keith told me about Mount Shasta. We were heading into the cascades. As soon as we got into the cascades we knew we were in Oregon. at 4 PM we arrived in Portland and went to the double tree. Dad was there. He took us to the Lloyd center ( a mall ) to go to the food court. We first ate at bridge city grill because Portland is known as bridge city. Then we went to a place called American ice cream. I get the tastiest cookies & cream ice cream I have ever had. Then we went back to double tree. I go to bed and fall asleep.



OK! SINCE IM BORED AND I CAN'T REMEMBER MUCH HERE IS A VIDEO I MADE WITH ANIMOTO! media type="custom" key="23457594" It's a simple slide of the trip ( except Smokey mountains ) and id love it if I didn't play all the videos on my channel.

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