[Prairie Pubbie]

Our Freeper family is planning a family vacation ("kids" are 20 and 17) in May or June to DC. It will be our first visit there to see our national monuments! We're planning to stay 8 nights and leaning toward the Alexandria area. We would like the excellent, trustworthy help and advice of Freepers regarding ideas about where to stay (economical but nice & safe area), which airport to use, hints about the public transit system (we don't plan to rent a car), etc. Any advice or thoughts and experiences (must do's,things to avoid, great places to eat, etc.) would be greatly appreciated! We definitely won't be in Kansas anymore! This is the first thread I've ever started, so I apologize if I've done anything incorrectly.

[VA is for Freepers]

Annapolis is a great seaside town fun to walk around (and shop)... the US Naval Academy is beautiful. If you go, head to the Chapel and be sure to see the museum in the Chapel basement (John Paul Jones is entombed there)

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/traditions/html/jpjones.html

[VA is for Freepers]

Williamsburg is interesting; however, I would not miss Jamestown if you head down that way. It has not been commercialized and is very authentic.

http://www.williamsburg.com/james/james.html

[Prairie Pubbie]

I want to thank all the Freepers who have contributed to this thread! We've printed the whole thread and are in the process of highlighting and organizing all the great information to schedule out the trip! We couldn't have done it without you! What a helpful community you all are! I'll try to report back after the trip and let you know how it went! THANK YOU!

[Law]

Bump for later review.