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Apr 8, 2011 - Last day in Washington City

Thursday our last day we are able to enjoy the sites. We got the metro to Rosslyn this morning ( never again) the escalators out are the longest and steepest I have ever been on & they go SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Slow, so I just kept walking till I got to the top. We then walked about 15-20 minutes to Georgetown walking over the Key Bridge as went, where we saw the fisherman with the huge fish beside him. Georgetown has a lot of old buildings so we just wandered around the streets taking it all in also came across the old canal where you can still...

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Apr 5, 2011 - Washington

Day 1 in Washington- We can drive a few miles from the campsite and get the Metro into the city very handy except our metro tickets would not work getting through the barriers, then when we got to L’Enfant Plaza station could not find our way out for ages ( no exit signs). We spent the day walking miles looking at various monuments on route. We saw the Washington Monument, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson & F D Roosevelt. Walked around the Tidal Basin with all the Cherry trees around it, hundreds of people there too packed it was Sunday...

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Apr 1, 2011 - Washington DC

Last day spent in Williamsburg- we drove about 20 miles to Yorktown, a dull dismal day again walked around the small town but not for too long , then lunch at Carrots Restaurant which was lovely. We passed a park called Presidents Heads closed so only got pictures from the road. Friday drove 158 miles to a campsite 15 miles from Washington, which is in Maryland so now clocked up another state. Had to be on the ball with this journey as lots of traffic especially when we got to about 30 miles on the outskirts of Washington. It was very slow...

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May 4, 2007 - Washington

Stayed with Karl (who we met in Patagonia) and his wife Judy. Both had worked at the treasury and were very knowledgeable about US politics. They (as with most Americans we met) were not happy with Bush (or as they unaffectionately call him "Shrub"). We did the tourist "thing" - visited Lincoln Memorial, Capitol Hill, Roosevelt Memorial, Smithsonian where we spent all day and still did not finish. Washington police are very parnoid since 9/11. I guess even more so when we were there because the Queen was visiting. Many places that use to be...

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Jacksons Journal 2007