Silverhatch
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Metro on the way back - got in too late inbound. Yes - about 55 mins.Did you get the metro from Dulles? Looks like an hour to downtown.
Metro on the way back - got in too late inbound. Yes - about 55 mins.Did you get the metro from Dulles? Looks like an hour to downtown.
Plenty of things to do in DC over four days. Apart from the obvious National Mall and Museums (all excellent), you can bike ride along the river to Mount Vernon, Roosevelt Island (which also has a monument on it) is a fun walk (but being water as the fountains mostly don't work on it) plus there are plenty of nice neighborhood places to eat and drink. I will warn Georgetown is full of rich assholes though so I would miss that. Oh and Rock Creek Park is an often forgotten gem - it is a large forested park that runs from the river and zoo area all the way up to Maryland and is far superior to New York City's Central Park.Yes I know there was a New York thread yesterday and please don’t say just go to New York, we have been there and looking for something different.
Anyway, it’s mine a Mrs Rambos 20th wedding anniversary and I am a looking to treat her with an upper class flight on Virgin as I have a fair few spare air miles. It limits the places we can fly as we can only get someone to look after the kids for 4 days.
Been to most places in the US apart from Boston and Washington.
DC has good flight times and there looks like plenty to see there in 4 days.
Any good advice/tips?
You are mixing your parks up. Fort Totten Park is on the opposite side of town to rock creek park. Unsurprisingly it is by Fort Totten.About Rock Creek Park:
I'm sure NCIS is involved. At least Mark Harmon still is investigating.
WASHINGTON— Out of an abundance of caution and while an investigation remains active, a section of Fort Totten Park remains closed after a National Park Service (NPS) employee found two WWI-era military munitions in mounds of soil on April 18. The NPS will install “No Trespassing” signs around the closed area today. Fencing and barriers will be installed around the area where the munitions were found until further testing can be completed. Unofficial trails through the woods are also closed off.
The park is closed east of Fort Totten Drive, south of Gallatin Street/Metropolitan Branch Trail and north of Brookland Ave NE/Farragut St. A majority of Fort Totten Park is open for recreation, but visitors should stay on the Metropolitan Branch Trail and the grassy areas of the fort itself (near Fort Totten Dr. and Crittenden St. NE).
The U.S. Army has conducted an assessment and determined the items were WWI-era military munitions that require further analysis prior to a final disposition recommendation.
Public safety is the NPS’s highest priority. The NPS is working with the U.S. Army to investigate the area and determine next steps. We will provide updates as more information is available.
In a former life (working at BE Washington) I used to get chauffer driven into Langley to exchange sensitive documents, passed from briefcase to briefcase, stood on the big round CIA crest, with fellow glorified couriers from. NZ, Aus, Canada & the USA. I appreciate that this all sounds a bit 'look at me'CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Drive to the front gate and tell them Albion My Albion sent you. You are liable to get shot on sight.