Washington DC

Our trip up the east coast included a stop in Washington, DC.  We enjoy both enjoy history and seek any opportunity to learn more about our country.  Washington, DC has always proven to be top rated for us.  On this trip we targeted the Washington Mall, being where all the museums and government buildings are located.


We stayed  at Cherry Hill RV Park located on the beltway around Washington.  Subway and Metro travel is easily accessible from the RV park.  We tried to drive a minimum while in Washington because the traffic is terrible.  Good advice is to use the subway whenever possible.

Oh Boy!  I have my ticket.  Let's go!

Humm...  Which way did you say we were going?

Here is a  movie clip of a subway train pulling into a station.  It was easy to get to anywhere in the city and the stations were well lit and clean.

 We went to both the Air and Space Museum located on the Mall and the Air and Space Museum, in the Udvar-Hazy Center located at Dulles Airport.  We spent a day at each of the facilities, but especially enjoyed the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles.  Check out the movie clip taken at the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles.

Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center, Dulles Airport

 
While in Washington, we decided to try our luck at riding Segways.  Several companies offered a tour riding a Segway.  We chose our company and showed up at the reservation time.  I was very apprehensive of Lee riding a Segway, but was blindsided by her ease of learning to ride.  She had a short lesson at the Segway dealer and it looked so easy.  Then came my time to ride.  Well, it is safe to say it took me longer to learn how to ride than her.  When I jumped up on the Segway, the thing kicked out from under me.  The guy helping us kept telling me not to grab the handle, well it took awhile to understand the dynamics of the machine.  But we learned how simple it was to ride, and we were off.  Each of us had a headset to listen to the leader talking about all the sites.  It was great!

Lee and I, on our Segways, in front of the White House.  For those asking, no Michelle did not invite us in, but we did see here peeking through the drapes...!

Lee did great, even in crowds.

Lee is getting brave with her Segway.  Here she is balanced with one hand, while drinking water with the other.

Here we both are in front of the House of Congress.  A comment on the Segways, you can really cover a lot of ground riding these things.  We traveled over 7 1/2 miles in 45 minutes.  It sure beats walking.

I highly recommend this activity.

Elvis Has Left the Building

It seems that every time we have visited Nashville, Tennessee we always attend the John Beardsley Elvis impersonator show.  The show plays at the Ernest Tubb record shop and the Texas Troubadour Theater, which was Earnest Tubb's theater back in the day.  Lee loves to watch this guy preform.

Here is one of the many costumes he uses during his performance.

Another costume.

And yet, another costume.

A picture opportunity for Lee.  Notice she could not wait to get her fingers in his chest hair.

We both enjoyed our time in Nashville.  It is one of our favorite cities.

"Elvis has left the building."