From Here To There And Back Again! ! ! ! ! !

SHIP'S LOG:

Well, that was fun! Russ and I took a little jaunt which lasted several days, from last Friday until last night, during which we actually traveled 1,200+. Sadly though, it was in a car and not by boat. The  again, it would have been a little chilly considering where we went. We journeyed from New London to Cooperstown, NY, to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame which Russ had never seen. From there we traveled to the Gettysburg National Civil War Battlefield which Russ had never seen. From there to the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Bailey Seton in Emmettsburg, MD, which Russ had never seen. From there to the Manassas Battlefield in Manassas, VA, which Russ had never seen. From there into Washington, DC, which Russ had seen once a long, long time ago. From there we journeyed to Philadelphia, which again Russ had visited by years and years ago but not recently, and from thence back to New London. Like I said, a tough trip by boat and cold as well.

One of the many things we discovered on the trip is that if you are traveling to tourist attractions at least north of Washington, DC,  this is the time of year to go. No lines anywhere and the motels stumble over each other to give you deals. Off season really means off season. In Washington, we spent most of the day going through the Air & Space Museum and didn't see all of it. Doing all those museums on the Mall would probably take a month.  Sunday night, all of Washington was in frenzy as the Washington Redskins played in their first play-off game. We were out having pizza and watching the game , well, most of the first half, and the Redskins built a 14-0 lead. We went back to our motel (cheap) to watch the rest of the game only to discover that the cable system there did NOT include the channel on which the game was being shown! But we figured that, with a 14 point lead, and the Redskins looking so good on defense, there was little chance of the Seahawks coming back to make a game of it.  Getting breakfast the next morning, we were greet with depressed, and I mean seriously depressed Redskins' fans trying to deal with a monumental collapse the night before. Being from New England, we know all about monumental collapses so we offered what consolation we could. 

More later.