It will be nice to get out of town and not worry about work for a little while (though I expect I'll be checking mail and making sure my co-workers don't blow themselves and the service up while I'm gone), but even more exciting will be the opportunity to see museums and monuments I've only read or heard about up to now. I've never been to D.C..
I already know to avoid using the Beltway, so thanks in advance if you were planning to advise me not to.
I'm staying near Dulles Airport and plan to take the Metro into the city. Knowing that it's too easy to overdo it in the museums and become mentally burned out, I plan to alternate day trips with museum visits. Here's my current itinerary (weather permitting):
- Sat Oct 30: Travel to D.C.
- Sun Oct 31: National Air and Space Museum (the big new Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles)
- Mon Nov. 1: Day trip to Gettysburg, PA (about 75 miles)
- Tue Nov. 2: Smithsonian Natural History Museum
- Wed Nov. 3: Day trip to Monticello and Richmond, VA
- Thu Nov 4: Smithsonian American History Museum
- Fri Nov 5: The Air and Space Museum on the Mall, then the monuments (maybe by Segway!) -- this will be a long day because I want to shoot the monuments at night.
- Sat Nov 6: Arlington National Cemetery in the morning, and then return to the Bay Area in the afternoon
Depending on the weather forecasts I may juggle this schedule around a bit, or throw it out altogether if it turns out that I'm too fascinated by the museums.
I'm taking my camera and will be posting lots of photos on my PBase Gallery (http://www.pbase.com/jeffkirk1).
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