Sunday, October 30, 2005
Washington Da Capital
Washington Da Capital* (10/29)
*One of the infamous eighth graders, when asked what DC stood for…replied “Da Capital”
So here we are in close proximity to the Nation’s Capital. We have settled into a very impressive RV Park in College Park, Maryland: a good HQ for sightseeing if we have time. This morning we headed out for breakfast at Gwen and Jim’s. Then Jim drove us into downtown DC. We parked near the Washington Memorial and walked through the new WWII Memorial (which is totally uninspiring) up to the Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln is always impressive and the Vietnam Wall is a true memorial. But my favorite was the statue of Albert Einstein. This afternoon, we drove to yet another state, Virginia, to help my cousin Kay move some things to storage. Tomorrow we are off on another outing with Gwen and Jim. Monday we have to sit here and wait for the mail in hopes that our MONEY cards will arrive so we can continue our journey. Monday is the last day we can use our current cards and we are up a creek without them.
The Marines are Coming!!! (10/30)
This morning we set out with Gwen and Jim again to visit Arlington National Cemetery and then have a hike. After circling the Pentagon two or three times and discovering most the roads were closed we figured out something was up. It was the annual Marines Marathon. Traffic was a mess. Finally we made it out of the city and into the wonderful Maryland Countryside. Side by side with the Potomac is the C and O canal with the old towpath being a hiking biking trail. We had a lovely long walk along the canal. I loved the reflections. Almost none of the trees here have put on their fall colors so everything is still green. We had late lunch at a nice deli in the upscale town of Potomac. Now back at camp doing mundane things like laundry.
*One of the infamous eighth graders, when asked what DC stood for…replied “Da Capital”
So here we are in close proximity to the Nation’s Capital. We have settled into a very impressive RV Park in College Park, Maryland: a good HQ for sightseeing if we have time. This morning we headed out for breakfast at Gwen and Jim’s. Then Jim drove us into downtown DC. We parked near the Washington Memorial and walked through the new WWII Memorial (which is totally uninspiring) up to the Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln is always impressive and the Vietnam Wall is a true memorial. But my favorite was the statue of Albert Einstein. This afternoon, we drove to yet another state, Virginia, to help my cousin Kay move some things to storage. Tomorrow we are off on another outing with Gwen and Jim. Monday we have to sit here and wait for the mail in hopes that our MONEY cards will arrive so we can continue our journey. Monday is the last day we can use our current cards and we are up a creek without them.
The Marines are Coming!!! (10/30)
This morning we set out with Gwen and Jim again to visit Arlington National Cemetery and then have a hike. After circling the Pentagon two or three times and discovering most the roads were closed we figured out something was up. It was the annual Marines Marathon. Traffic was a mess. Finally we made it out of the city and into the wonderful Maryland Countryside. Side by side with the Potomac is the C and O canal with the old towpath being a hiking biking trail. We had a lovely long walk along the canal. I loved the reflections. Almost none of the trees here have put on their fall colors so everything is still green. We had late lunch at a nice deli in the upscale town of Potomac. Now back at camp doing mundane things like laundry.
# posted by Carol Harma @ 2:49 PM 
