Summer 2016 – Washington D.C.
Monday, June 13th
– Friday, June 17th
Touring
Washington D.C.
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Washington D.C. was
on our bucket list, as Kurt had never visited there. We camped in College Park,
MD at Cherry Hill RV Park. This is a very well run, large campground with
amenities like I’ve never seen. We never really used the amenities (other than
the laundry) as our main goal was to tour D.C.
For four days, we
rode the Metro bus to the nearest Metro Rail station. Then we used buses and/or
walking in D.C. to visit the places that we wanted to go. The first day we
visited mostly the memorials and monuments: Lincoln Memorial, Korean War
Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, World War II Memorial, the Smithsonian Air
& Space Museum, and Union Station. The following days we visited Arlington
National Cemetery, where we witnessed the changing of the guards at the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier. We also saw two funeral processions, with horse draw caisson,
military band and 21 gun salute; very moving. We also visited the Washington
Memorial, toured the U.S. Capitol (where we learned more history of the
building) and visited the National Archives, where we viewed the original U.S
Constitution, Bill of Rights and other historical documents. We stood outside
the fence of the White House, and also saw the President’s helicopter landing
on the south lawn. I spent some time at the Museum of Natural History
while Kurt spent more time at the Air & Space Museum. At the end of each
day we were exhausted, but thankful of all the special places we visited. We
truly enjoyed our visit to the Nation’s Capitol.
Our next stop is in
Delaware and a newly remodeled campground at a state park.
