After eating dinner at Fosters Grill everyone went to Vertical Rock. Everyone that went had a lot of fun. I was able to make it up a lot of walls. But I was really struggling with one in particular. It was this red one and I could not get up that one. I tried so many times. Then when I finally gave up Sam just climbed right up to the top and had no problem. We are very competitive, so she rubbed it in my face for the rest of the night.

Emily – Manassas Assembly #13

Vanessa climbed up the wall with no rope. She was clipping the rope to the wall as she went. Which was pretty cool but also kind of scary. I wouldn’t be able to do it.  Well she thought it would be a great idea to give us all a heart attack and “fall” off the wall. If you blinked you would have missed the fall. It was crazy!

Emily – Manassas Assembly #13

After the craft fair a bunch of girls met at the lodge before we headed off to Old Town Alexandria for the ghost tours. When we got there, it was raining so we all had to get umbrellas. We met our tour guide and she lead us through the town with some sad but fascinating stories. Once the tour was over, we all got gelato at one of the buildings the tour guide had a story about. I don’t know about the other girls, but I defiantly smelled the smoke.

 Emily – Manassas Assembly #13

Before we went to Vertical Rock a bunch of Rainbow families went to Fosters for dinner. Samantha and I went on a “date” as our families and friends would say. The food was really good!   When Sam, Austin, Preston, and I were done eating we went on a walk-through Old Town. Well more like Austin and Preston carried Sam and I while they were walking. But we all had fun!

Emily