Another Busy week in DC

We are still in DC and have been on the run all week. Monday we went to the National Zoo. It is a really nice zoo and hard to believe it is free. We were able to see the Pandas as well as watch the orangutans cross over from their outside place to their inside place on ropes above our heads. It was really something to see. Tuesday we took a bus tour to Mt Vernon. We didn't have a lot of time there but were able to tour the house and see the family crypt. What a beautiful place. We could see why George Washington wanted to be there. That evening the bus took us back to DC for a night time tour. The city is truly beautiful at night. Wednesday we drove to Annapolis. We took a walking tour of the Naval Academy grounds and toured the chapel. It was quite an impressive visit. We also took a boat tour of the harbor so we could see the grounds from the water. Thursday we drove to Baltimore. We found a wonderful Railroad Museum. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum. It is where the first mile of track in the US was laid. The roundhouse was an unbelievable building. We drove to the inner harbor to look around. Guess it is quite an improvement from what the area used to be. It was pretty but parking was impossible and very expensive restaurants all around. Friday we headed to the Dulles airport area for the other part of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. It was amazing! A huge air conditioned building with incredible displays. Coming back to the RV we sat in 6 lanes of traffic bumper to bumper for about 1 hour. We finally made it home and we were really glad to be off the beltway. Tomorrow we will do laundry and get ready to move on Sunday.