We left NH at about 3:30 pm on Christmas Day in an effort to avoid the snow. We made it to Maryland in about 11 hrs. with a couple of stops for dinner and fuel. We pulled into the Maryland Visitor Ctr. at about 2:30am to catch some sleep and wait for the campground to open.
The Cherry Hill Park Campground is in College Park, MD (where the U of Maryland is) and about an 30 min bus/metro ride into DC. The facilities are great, clean heated bathrooms. The weather has been so cold we're lucky to have access to running water and electric shore power. The View is pretty toasty.
We visited DC yesterday in very light snow, wind and very cold temps. We took a bus tour to visit the major monuments and get the "lay of the land". The National Christmas tree is huge and very pretty. We stopped off at Union Station to get hot cocoa and also enjoyed the Christmas decorations there.
Our last stop was the National Archives to see the Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence and Constitution. The building was renovated in 2003 and features two lovely murals depicting scenes of the signing of both the Constitution and Declaration of Independence by a NH artist. The kids were also pleased to see John Langdon's (of Portsmouth) signature on the documents.
Today has featured much needed hot showers and we're planning to head into DC to visit some warm museums.
great wanderluffs! Hope there will be more post soon! Awesome you liked DC and MD!
ReplyDeleteMolly Peterson
I stayed at that same campground when I was a kid and we traveled to DC. It was a great place to stay and just a short ride into the city. Lots to see in DC. I hope you all are enjoying your trip and that everyone is getting a long. We all miss you guys in the gym at school. Have a great journey.
ReplyDeleteMiss Blais