Do you know there is a university designed exclusively for the deaf and signing community? It started more than 150 years ago and is in Washington, D.C. Gallaudet University. https://gallaudet.edu/about/ I was so excited to see this place. I became 100% deaf four years ago and the eight or so years before that I was... Continue Reading →
National Memorial Day Parade & Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum
Memorial Day in Washington, D.C. We drove to the train station this day, instead of taking the bus to the train, since the whole Metro system is on Sunday schedule. We got off the train at the Archives stop, and walked south to the National Mall. There wasn’t a lot of people out and there... Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court, Union Station & National Post Office Museum
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 →
Arlington Cemetery & Pentagon 9/11 Memorial
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 →
Bus, Train, And Monuments At Washington, D.C.
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 →
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
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 →
Privy, Whiskey, Hilly, Under Water, & Monticello
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 →
1st Thanksgiving, Where? Plus, He Said He Can’t Take Anymore!
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 →
Outer Banks: Storms, Wright Brothers, Lost Colony, & Lighthouses
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 →
Visiting Savannah, GA, A Day Later Than Planned
In the middle of the night I had the thought to check out sometime. See, we planned to go to Savannah, Georgia, today (Saturday, March 16) for a day trip. Somewhere I had read about events and it mentioned a St Patrick’s Day parade. Hum, would they have the parade on Saturday or on the... Continue Reading →