Getting ready to board the bus for a long rainy ride to Stonehenge.

The above Todd told us he was taking, the one below is his creeper picture he didn't tell us he was taking. Well, he didn't tell me he was taking. I think I was staring down someone else in the bus station, I am at the point that I am not as sutble as I tried to be in Venice. Maybe they were eyeing my backpack and could smell my food. I would break your arm, even Todd's, if you take my food.

Todd and Ty settling in for the ride.

Kylie and Tanner sitting together, at least at first. Tanner started feeling sick so we moved to the seats reserved for the aged a couple of rows up.

Stonehenge. A view of the horseshoe of sarsen trilithons on the inner circle and the circle of sarsen stones with lintels on the outer circle.

Blocked off to reduce further erosion, the stones are no longer touched by visitors. When stones have been repaired, the new elements added are drastically different from the original stone. This is done on purpose as to not take away from the original structure and appear to mimic or make it counterfeit. That is why there is such a dramatic difference on this stone.

A prehistoric monument constructed somewhere between 3000 B.C. and 2000 B.C., Stonehenge is believed to be a burial ground but nobody knows for sure.

A view of the Circle of bluestones, an igneous rock. These are rumored to be a couple of degrees warmer than the sarson stones. We couldn't tell the difference when we touched some on display.

Maybe that is because we were freezing. This was the coldest day by far since we have been in London. See the wind blowing and I am sure it was hailing if I could feel my body parts to tell.

The trilithons, a greek word meaning two vertical stones capped with a horizontal stone, were connected using a tongue and groove technique. Notice the round knob protruding out of the top of the stone? This was matched up with a hole on the lintel, the top stone. Sometimes, they would get it right, other times, they wouldn't, evidenced by lintels have more than one whole grooved in the end.

Without any sort of modern system to set these stones, or evidence of slaves like in Rome, the building of this monument is truly a miraculous achievement for the people or peoples who constructed it.

This might give you an idea of how wet and rainy it was. The rain was coming in sideways. We ran around Stonehenge. Not the awe-inspiring moment of silence I had planned for this bucket list activity.

Our kids never use umbrellas. We had to teach Brittany to face the wind with your umbrella or it will always cave in on you.

O.K., the world is about to end. I see the lightening coming, and we are still smiling. Is that not the most photogenic do or die travelors/vacationers you have ever seen? Come on people, give up the clap for us..... you have to just for my hair alone.

How come he always looks good? There are so many things that are not fair and that is one of them at the top of my list.

Last shot of Stonehenge and time to get some hot chocolate. Brittany has already ditched us. She got tired of trying to get her umbrella to work right.

There was a ton more history to this place but I fell asleep during the movie on the bus and ran through the audiotour so I wouldn't get electrocuted by my earphones in the rain. So if you love it so much, go check a book out of the library. I am done.