Decision Made

The decision of law school is coming near and so Logan and I spent a week visiting a few schools.  We originally planned to visit Ann Arbor Michigan, Chicago, Charlottesville Virginia, and Philadelphia, but after some careful consideration we decided that Chicago and Philly are not as family friendly as we would like.  So we visited Ann Arbor and Charlottesville.  We really lucked out because it just so happen that we traveled to the east coast the one week Utah decided to be warm and the east decided to be cold.  So instead of enjoying the 80 degree weather they are having in Virginia right now, we got 45 degrees with some clouds.  It was a long trip with lots of travel and business but we still managed to have some fun.  We missed Jack dearly but apparently the feeling was not mutual because Jack barely noticed we had left.  First we went to Ann Arbor.  We only spent 2 days here because of flight schedules.  Even though it was still bare, there were trees everywhere and I am sure its breathtaking in the summer.  We met with some LDS law students and their wives and learned more about the school.  We really liked Ann Arbor....until we visited Charlottesville.  Charlottesville, or C-Ville, or as we named it Char Char town, was beautiful.  And even though it wasn't the typically warm weather, it was still green and Logan and I enjoyed it.  We met with more LDS students and wives and toured the school.  We also ate at some yummy authentic C-ville restaurants, went to Monticello and hiked in the Shenodoah Valley.  We also saw a wagon full of puppies which really sealed the deal.  I wish I had a picture of that.  Charlottesville is like the warm version of Logan.  It's small, green and friendly.  We have yet to hear from Stanford and Harvard but as of right now, we are planning on spending our next 3 years in C-Ville.

We visited a fun park in Ann Arbor called the Gallup Park.  It is a bunch of little Islands connected by bridges. 

We had a real map when we were in Michigan, but somehow we couldn't track one down in Virginia so we ended up using this children's like map.  It was pretty ridiculous as we tried to navagate through town with it.  I couldn't tell you where Emmet street was but I could tell you where Lolly pop lane was.  

One of Logan's friends said the first thing we needed to do in C-Ville was to go to Biltmore's Grill and order Cajun Fries.  Turns out they don't make them anymore but made a special exception for us.  So Good!  Fries with cajun seaoning, cheese, green onions, bacon and sour cream.  Yum!

Monticello.  Logan is reinacting a scene from the Jefferson movie we just watched in the museum.  He is thinking about America here.

Jefferson's grave.  We really enjoyed Monticello.  He was such an interesting man.  

It is amazing how quickly eating fast food gest old.  I hated food by the end of our trip.  Here we bought some food from Wal-Mart.  It was awesome but it was a change.  We are watching Conference on our laptop because of course it is no where to be found. 

One of our rental vehicles.  We paid for an economy car but they ran out so they gave us this.  It even had XM radio.  We felt pretty cool.  We miss you DJ Spyder Harrison.

We hiked Jones Fall in the Shenodoah Park.

This picture doesn't do it justice, its so green and pretty.