I had a nice little vacation in our nation’s capital. It’s the first time in my life I’ve ever visited Washington D.C. so it was a really incredible experience to witness all the history preserved by all the monuments and museums. Here’s a picture of me at Arlington Cemetery next to Audie Murphy’s gravesite. Tim had to ask me who he was. I guess you either need to be a senior citizen (which I’m not) or an avid old-movie buff (which I am) to know Audie Murphy these days.

We toured the Capitol and even sat in on sessions of each house of Congress. We also took a tour of the Library of Congress. While my book does have a Library of Congress catalog number, sadly a copy is not actually in the building.

The last thing we did that everyone should do at least once in their livetime is visit the National Archives and look at the actual original documents of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution. The ink has now faded so badly on the Declaration as to make it mostly unreadable. Trying to read words that are no longer there, I was struck with the notion that it’s almost symbolic of how in some States human rights are fading away as well.

Oh, and by the way, I also got to meet up with the owner of Bristlecone Pine Press, Leslie Nicoll, who has published the eBook versions of all of Cheyenne's books. It was nice to finally meet her in person after working with her the past couple of years.