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Monday, July 2, 2012

Cherry Hill RV Resort, College Park, MD: Ventured into D.C. for the first time today. Took the bus from our park, which is a regular city bus. This bus was also an express, so we zipped right to the College Park metro station. We loaded our metro card with funds and hopped on the train. Trains are clean and fast, and the stations are modern and clean. A great way to get down there. We met an Aussie couple at the bus depot in our park who have been traveling all over the world for 9 years. They’re traveling the

for two years. Bought an RV in Florida and have been traveling around here since. Don’t know what they did for a living, but they’re younger than us and have been everywhere. We rode the train with them and then split up when we hit the street in D.C. We had planned on going to the Air and Space Museum, but that went awry when we started walking around—in the opposite direction. Walked down Constitution Avenue and I was interviewed by PBS for their PBS News Hour. Should be on tonight. Hope I don’t come off like a dumb blonde. Truth be told, it’ll probably end up on the cutting room floor. After that we continued to walk around and ended up in the Museum of Natural History. Lots of crowds here, but the schools are out because of the heat and the fact that a lot of people are still without power. All the museums here are free, and they’re air conditioned. So, lots of people. We got tickets for the IMAX 3-D movie, “To the Arctic”. After that we walked around the museum and then back on the streets. Walked over to the original Smithsonian. Walked back up the Mall to our train station and stopped for a late lunch at a restaurant across the street from our station. Back on the train and then the bus back to our park. Hot again today. Upper 90s I think, but low humidity.