Go, See, Do, Experience!
Another early start to our day. We took the green line Metro train and then red line to Judiciary Square stop in Washington, D.C. There we walked past the Capitol Building. This is quite the hill to walk up, thus, “Capitol Hill?” United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. 05/24 Behind the Capitol, from our direction,... Continue Reading →
We caught the Metro bus at 7:10 a.m. right at Cherry Hill Campground. This stop is where the drivers take a break. We had noticed yesterday that quite a few people at the many bus stops didn’t tap to pay when they got on. We asked the driver why and he said that during Covid,... Continue Reading →
Today is a day to learn how to do Washington, D.C. Yesterday we got here at Cherry Hill Park. It is a top rated campground. At 4:00 p.m. every day, they have a visitor session on how to get around Washington, D.C., how the Metro (trains, buses, Circulator, etc) works, schedules, and suggestions to see... Continue Reading →
From our campground in Colonial Beach, VA, we drove about 1.5 hours north to George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Just north of Fredericksburg, where we merged into I-95, was the longest collector road we have seen. Miles. At one point, there are two separate freeways going north and two going south plus a middle freeway that... Continue Reading →
Forecast: cloudy with highs in high 50s. That worked for us for the plans for the day. We headed to Norfolk, VA, to General Douglas MacArthur Memorial. We learned so much about him. He had a real passion for the people of Philippines. He said he would rather give up all the awards and medals... Continue Reading →
Rainy and cold - highs to be only in the high 50s so - not a day to go to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. Good thing we have American Revolution Museum at Yorktown to visit. The museum was built in 2016 and the whole museum is 80,000 sq ft. (Compare that to the 30,000 sq... Continue Reading →
SUBJECTTITLEAUTHORYear 1776 in US colonies1776David McCulloughFirst flightThe Wright BrothersDavid McCulloughLost Colony of Roanoke IslandThe Secret TokenAndrew Lawler1775 Hurricane season & what was happening in coloniesHurricane of IndependenceTony WilliamsJamestown & how it startedThe Jamestown ExperienceTony WilliamsCivil warThe Civil WarGeoffrey C Ward, Kenneth BurnsGeneral GrantGrantRon ChernowJefferson's white & black daughtersJefferson's DaughtersCatherine KerrisonCivil war - this was extra... Continue Reading →
Travel Day to Virginia. We headed north from Oregon Inlet Campground in North Carolina, past Kitty Hawk, then over a sound and north again. The mainland has quite a few small farms. The grain is about 2 feet high in a lot of places. We saw farm sheds with smaller tractors, not the big Midwest... Continue Reading →
We headed east from Raleigh to the Outer Banks and Atlantic Ocean coast. We got to Oregon Inlet Campground on the Outer Banks and discovered there are sand dunes behind us, between the campground and the Atlantic Ocean. We quickly got set up and then walked over…or through…the dunes. “Through” because the sand is so... Continue Reading →
As we head out from South Carolina on the Travel Day, we saw there are so many trees along the road - just like Louisiana, Mississippi, etc, that you can’t see anything else. So, they have fun billboard signs. Oh - these signs are so tall they almost give you a neck pain looking so... Continue Reading →
Travel Means Life 