Our early years back in the Washington, D.C. area were traumatic and yet we had very enjoyable family time and an opportunity to see many of the sights. This picture was taken in the spring of '63 at the National Arboretum near College Park, MD. We were fortunate in having a lot of support from the people I was working with but also from 3 other families that moved to the area the same summer. One of these families had lived in Seward and Dave had worked with me some years earlier. He was promoted and transferred to the National SCS Plant Materials Center in Beltsville, MD. We visited back and forth frequently which gave us an opportunity to become acquainted with their area. We thought it well to see as many sights as we could since we didn't know how long I would be in the SCS Headquarters office. Had we known it would be 18 years, we probably wouldn't have been as aggressive in our sightseeing but it helped our adjustment. We are pleased that our Daughter and her family came back to Nebraska at the same time we did, but two of the boys are still in Virginia and one is in Indiana. Parents never know the total impact of a move that includes children.
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