We were all starting to get a little stir-crazy in our tiny condo, so we decided to take a little excursion today. We drove up to the Maryland-Virginia border to show Grammy the gorgeous Great Falls of the Potomac River. We've mentioned them several times on our blog, but these falls are basically our area's equivalent to Niagara Falls. The kids had a blast running around the open fields, checking out the magnificent falls, and horsing around a bit in the Visitors' Center. (Check out Katie doing her best impression of Rudolph!)Of course, we can't take our resident EMT/nurse (Grammy) anywhere without some kind of excitement added to the mix. While we were checking out the falls, we saw a crazy guy stranded on a rock out in the middle of the gushing water. According to bystanders, he had tried to kayak the falls with no success. Unfortunately for the guy, the weather was way too windy to attempt a helicopter rescue. We watched several other guys try to kayak and/or jump in (!) to try to rescue him, to no avail. We left before anything was resolved, but we sure hope he is OK. He may have been an idiot for trying to kayak those falls, but we wouldn't want to wish harm on even the biggest of idiots. Of course, Grammy and the kids were absolutely riveted by all of the action...
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