Furnishing the Van
With our travels relaunched, we thought it was time to make Dodgy a bit more homey. Thus, we visited that center of all things domestic, IKEA. After extended debate over the best balance of frugality and comfort, we settled on…
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Baltimore
Baltimore did not get it’s due. After a relatively sleepless night, I had exhausted my energy but had acquired a migraine. It was a beautiful day along the bay but our tour of a WWII submarine left me ill from the stale air. A better experience was found on the Constellation, the last military ship powered by sails owned by the US, which patrolled the Mediterranean during the Civil War to prevent the confederates from gaining resources in Europe. It was a beautiful ship and included an entertaining audio tour.
Washington DC
DC was delightful. While we did stop by the requisite Lincoln, Jefferson, and Vietnam memorials, we spent most of our time in two places: the American History Museum, and the Natural History Museum. We saw diamonds, Kermit the Frog, and Dorothy’s slippers. The greatest surprise was when we stumbled onto a small display in the shipping section of the American History Museum which included a small speck of gold under a magnifying glass. Yet this little speck is attributed as the first nugget discovered by John Marshal at Sutter’s Mill, sparking the California Gold Rush.
On Our Way To DC
I suppose that heading to the nation's capitol would inherently involve some traffic. We just weren't expecting this.