Washington DC vacation travel suggestions

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<p>D is already at the private selective U that S is attending. We are pretty resigned to paying all D’s expenses but are OK with it. We are grateful that H has a pension & health insurance for him & me that should not be affected by the economy (just the money we had put aside in his 401K & our IRAs tanked). Much of our funds for the kids’ education was in bonds and cash so at least those funds are stable and available for use. We’re hoping S will get a good internship & job offer (majoring in EE), so we won’t have to worry about him.</p>

<p>We won’t have a car for our trip but thought it would be fun to see Alexandria. We will probably stick to places that are easy walks from the hotel or metro. All in all, we will stay at 5 hotels over 2 weeks, which is a bit much, but at least most of the stays are for 3 nights so it isn’t as crazy as it sounds. We start out in Rockville for meetings then go to Alexandria then Crystal City for more meetings and end up at the Willard in the capitol as our last hotel before flying home to HI. I always love a trip to Muir woods and we did love Monticello when we had a car.</p>

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<p>enjoy being on the East Coast…let us hear about the highlights</p>

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I was one of those guides the summer of 1978, and a pretty good one if I do say so myself. :)</p>

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<p>A friend says she can get her buddy to give us a personal tour of the Library of Congress. I love libraries so that should be fun! Not quite sure what all we’ll do, but am working on it.</p>

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<p>I’ll put in a plug for Charlottesville (about 2.5 hours from DC). You can hit Manassas/Bull Run on the way. One visit to Monticello and you’ll know why we love our Mr. Jefferson. Also easy access to the Blue Ridge mountains for hiking.</p>