After a week at the condo in Williamsburg (during which we also spent a day at the Virginia Beach Aquarium and a day at Busch Gardens), it was time for us to say goodbye to the Utah relatives and head back north.
Our first stop was Mount Vernon. Unfortunately, Saturday was the end of the very pleasant weather we'd been enjoying. It was hot. Very hot. None of us felt like waiting the required 35 minutes standing in line to get into the tour of the house. (And LW struggles a bit with house tours at the best of times.) So, we looked at the outbuildings, sat on the verandah overlooking the Potomac, saw Washington's grave, and headed for the air-conditioned museum. It was the one day on our trip that our touring suffered because of the weather.
By the time we'd checked into our hotel in Washington, the day was starting to cool off, so we walked by the White House before dinner . . .
and saw the Washington Monument and the World War II Memorial after dinner.
We spent two days in Washington, visiting some of the Smithsonian museums, Arlington Cemetery, the other monuments and memorials on the Mall, and the Capitol. Then we went to New York state for two nights in a cabin at a KOA campground. While in New York, we stopped by the Storm King Art Center--a large outdoor park of modern sculpture. The rest of the family enjoyed this somewhat less than I did.
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It wounds like a great trip--I wish I could have been there.
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