Amanda's DC Adventures Webpage


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I'm loving living in DC! Here are some pictures of my adventures!!!


Work trip to St. Louis and Jacksonville
Me and the Arch


The view from my hotel window!


The view from the top of the arch


The Mississippi River


Top of the arch


It makes me look short


Walking around town


Daniel Boone's home


Palm tree in Jacksonville


Working hard ;)


Went over to Gainesville and stayed with Hilary in her dorm room


At the softball game


Hilary showing off where she works at the radio station


Trying out the DJ thing ;)





Union Station


The Capitol


National Mall with lots of people


Cherry Blossoms!


Washington Monument


Lots and lots of Cherry Blossoms!


The girls looking out over the water.


Jenn & Me near the Jefferson Memorial


Jefferson Memorial & Cherry Blossoms


More cherry blossoms


First baseball game at the new Stadium


Inaugural season, and I was there for the first game!


View from our seats


It was a bit chilly


Go Nats!




Had a work trip to the Seattle area so I hung out with Cassie while I was there!


We drove up to Vancouver


Went to the Capilano Suspension Bridge


Old roomies!


The bridge


Pretty view from the bridge


Us again


The view from our hotel, looking toward the Naval base we worked at


Day trip to the mountains


Driving up to Mount Rainier - Ron at a waterfall





Cold water!


Mount Rainier





There was lots of snow








Getting cloudier at the top


Great views!








Cassie & Me at dinner


Mt. Rainier over the clouds.


Snow behind my apartment!


The snow is so pretty!


I took a trip to Philly to see my Florida Women's basketball team play at Temple.
Billy & Serena in our cab ride to get Philly Cheesesteaks


Geno's where we had the Philly Cheesesteaks


The Liberty Bell


Me, Aimee, Meagan & J'nai at the Liberty Bell


Independance Hall


The huddle. The girls pulled out a win for me and beat Temple 68-54!


Lani & me!




Playing Wii at Eric's






View from the Empire State Building


Grand Central Station


Saxs 5th Ave Decorations


Rockefeller Tree


Time Square





Waiting to Ice Skate


Not too bad for a Florida girl...





View of Central Park from Top of the Rock





The MET


Statue of Liberty


Tickets were too expensive but its still my favorite show


Filming the Today Show





Beautiful Rockefeller plaza


Windows at Saxs 5th Ave


Washington Square Park




The beginning of my first snow, living in a place that snows!


Took a break from work to play outside and make a snowwoman.





Autographing my hand & foot prints.


She was still there when I left work!


My car after work.


My first brushing!


Mom and Dad came to visit. Here's a cool tree ouside my apartment complex.


Infront of the While House.


Back of the White House...I bit my tongue.


Waiting to go up in the Washington Monument.


The Suffragettes statue in the Capitol.


After our Capitol tour.


Sliding down the bannister of the Capitol.


Chillin' on the steps.


On the Mall.


Roxy and me on the Skyline Drive.


A view of the road.


Taking a hike in the Shanendoah National Park.


Another pretty lookout.


The leaves were changing.


Taking a look.


Harper's Ferry - I'm standing on Maryland, with Virginia behind me on the left and West Virginia behind me on the right. The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers meet up right below me.


The climb was a little rough for a Florida girl but the view was worth it!


Re-enactments


Old town Harpers Ferry





Lincoln Memorial off in the distance.


Go Gators in DC!


Lincoln Memorial





Washington Monument & Reflecting Pool


Smithsonian Castle


The White House


Lots of cool buildings


Dupont Circle


St. Marks Cathedral


Iwo Jima


We wached the fireworks on the 4th next to Iwo Jima in view of the Lincoln and Washington Memorials! How cool!





Kyle and I checked out the Eastern Market


Washington Mystics game


Arlington Cemetary


JFK Eternal Flame


The Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts


Hitting up one of the free concerts at the Kennedy Center


The National Archives


National History Museum


The FBI Building


Kirsten let me ride with her when she drag raced her car!


Gunston Hall at George Mason's plantation





Federal Reserve


I went up the Washington Monument


View from atop the Washington Monument


The Capital


The blue ridge mountains in Charlottesville, VA


Monticello





Great Falls Park near DC


Rock Climbing at Great Falls Park



My new apartment!


















My Basketball Shrine





My music room


Watching Coach Peck do commentary on my new HDTV!





I miss my basketball job!

Trip to Malibu California for a tournament at Pepperdine with the bball team!!

Kim and I on the plane.


Of course the one trip we don't charter a plane, we get delayed by rain
and miss our connection in Atlanta and have to run through the airport
to catch another connection.





The beautiful drive to Malibu





Matt and I snuck out of practice to walk down to the beach


The water was COLD!


So beautiful!!!


We took a trip to the Grauman's Chinese Theater





A nice dinner out


They were filming The Unit at our hotel


Me and Dennis Haysbert. He was really nice!


A view from our hotel room


We snuck up to the roof to take some pics too


Pepperdine University...the most beautiful campus I've been to


Exploring around the campus








GORGEOUS!!


This is where they play intramurals from!!! I'm so jealous!


Britt and I getting hyped before the game





Doing work...after dark of course, can't miss those mountains!


And we played during the day, including a bike ride to the Santa Monica Pier


The bicycle crew


Later we went to the Pier for dinner and rode the roller coaster!


And ice cream! ;)


Some last minute photos before we had to leave


The luggage we have to haul around. Boy, I love charter flights.




Other fun times with my Gainesville family, aka the women's bball team & staff:

Midnight Madness!


The video crew!


Taking stats on the bench








Life on the road...can't go anywhere without my laptop-must have email access!


Fall leaves in Cincinatti


Crapping on FSU! Haha!


Making a snow angel in Illinois





Salsa lessons in our hotel room!


Fort Worth, Texas





Taking a trip to buy goodies


Well, I'm not any bigger in Texas...


Us Florida girls found some ice to play with!



No, I did NOT try to steal the Siemens Trophy!


Kim and Me at Vandy



Carolyn in Vandy's Hall of Fame



Us on the plane



Watching Shootaround at Kentucky



Lani and Me



Kim and me at Kentucky



Shabie and Dye



Matt and me exploring in the snow







Us Florida people found our own fun



Aimee, me, and Jared



Lani, Jared, and I trying out the temporpedic beds







Pushing Slim



Jared sleeping on me



Dye and Me



Kim, Matt, and me



Support Staff



Hanging out in the hotel



Coach Peck and Shell relaxin'



A trip to get ice cream in Auburn



Shabie, Kim, and me



4 BFKs on a plane



The whole gang on the plane



Critton and Marshae



Coach, Dye, and me at the SEC tournament



Serena, me, and Matt headed to the arena to watch Bill



Britt, Aimee, and me watching a game



Dye, Shabie and me



Alex, Jon, Meagan, and Billy made the trip!



Coach Peck and me



BFKs and Sha sneaking in





The "Walk of Shame" on my Birthday.

Walk


Check out me surfing!! The waves weren't too big but it was fun. Just look at my bruised knees! :) HangTen