Update from Washington DC

July 14th
Solomon's Island, Maryland
I am trying to update everyone so we are all on the same page...up to date with each other. We are now in the Chesapeake Bay...Solomon's Island. What a wonderful place. We did spend a couple of days in the Dc area. We traveled to American University to see an exhibit focused on the Haitiian sailors we met in Bimini. To get everyone on the same page...when we first arrived in Bimini we met a dutch writer, 3 Haitiian sailors and a videographer who traveled on the Haitiian's handmade 21 foot sailboat from Haiti. It is the same type of sailboat that so many of the repressed haitiians try to sail away from Haiti on. The dutch writer wanted a vehicle to try to convey the plight of the haitiian people through the experience of these 3 sailors. They left haiti on March 11 and arrived in bimini on April 11th...Their end destination was Palm Beach Maritime Museum and then onto American University in june and July. We had the previlege to see the exhibit...When we arrived the sailboat was sitting on the grassy area outside the Museum...a small explanation attached. Once inside we saw the wonderful handmade sail that was painted with a "phoenix" by a haitiian artist....It was all pretty cool on many levels. I am so glad they got the focus that is necessary to even begin to explain what is happening in Haiti...See pics..