Small gravestones mark giant heroes at Arlington.

Dave was back at work today so the boys and I prowled around DC by metro – first to Arlington, then to the Natural History Museum again. Sam got to hold a real fossil and speak to a couple paleontologists about potential fossil shells we’ve found in lava at home. We paid our final respects to friend Tom, who passed away in a helicopter crash last  year. He was a Coast Guard pilot who showed us the inside of Makapuu Lighthouse. We miss him and still can’t believe that tragedy happened to someone we had met so briefly. God bless all the heroes at Arlington, and everywhere they continue to serve today.