Posted on 04/16/2019 6:41:26 AM PDT by NotchJohnson
I am in DC right now with the family. Not my choice of vacations as I detest the federal government. Personally I’d rather be drinking near the ocean instead of walking miles standing in lines and dodging thousands of tourists. Anyways, we went to the air and space museum and the holocaust museum. The nazi exhibit were the security guards that scanned you. What else is a good experience? We are here just two more days. I would never live here, prices are high, woman are ugly and evidently it is a bastion for gay men.
Head down to Washington’s Mount Vernon estate. It is owned and preserved by The Mount Vernon Ladies Society, a totally private organization.
An hour and a half drive northwest of Washington, DC is the Antietam Battlefield. It is a nice pause if you are driving out I-270/70 upon leaving DC.
Accidentally went to Kenilworth botanical garden which really is a mud pit. Got off metro and had to walk through the hood
Well at least you get a free freak show thrown in:-)
My daughter works at the Smithsonian African Art Museum. It is worth seeing.
Don’t forget you can buy legal weed in DC.
Iwo Jima and Vietnam memorial
And watch out for traffic camera’s. DC has one camera that bring in $13,000,000 a year in added “safety”. The speed limit drops from 50 to 25 in 35 feet.
Please share with us, after-the-fact, as to what you ended up seeing and doing!
Just spend an hour or two strolling around the Mall, soaking up what history’s left......
I was talking to a local and I mentioned Cosmic Pizza. Evidentially this was where there was an underage sex ring.
I hope I’m not too late. Grew up in DC area. There are several spots to warm the hearts of patriots:
First, Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, a few miles south of the District on the banks of the Potomac River. It has a wonderful visitor center, with films and large displays, and the buildings and farm gardens on the estate are wonderful.
The World War II Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial and the Jefferson Memorial. The cherry blossom trees should be blooming now near the Jefferson.
They may have changed it since I was there during the Dubya administration, the National Portrait Gallery has paintings of many of the Founders and early leaders of the U.S., with interesting labels showing who they are and what they did, as well as portraits of all the presidents and First Ladies.
And not to be missed is the Museum of the Bible, especially the sound-and-light shows of the Old Testament and New Testament in 15 minutes each, and the recreation of a typical village in the Holy Land as it was in the time of Jesus.
The Spy museum. Eat lunch at Gordon Beirch across the street. Get the garlic fries.
Spy museum is closed.
Oh, there are plenty of sirens. Was on a street yesterday in 8th street and a group of people were taking hits from at a hookah bar. Not sure if it was pot but my daughter was freaked out.
Sorry, I should have checked first. It looks like a new one opens up in a couple weeks.
I forgot to add the 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon!
Well we are back and the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception took my breath away. I was very moved being a Catholic. No tourists are a plus.
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