Day Three - Almost Heaven, West Virginia

Short first entry - Apologies for the delay folks, we have just spent a lovely two days with Robert's son Matthew, his wife Kate and beautiful little Benjamin, in Alexandria, Virginia. We set out on Monday morning and drove 10 hours to get there. The van is really comfy, and rides like a dream. Alexandria is right outside of Washington, D.C., so we spent our second day, yesterday, touring around the capital, where it was a gorgeous, sunny day. We hit several of the monuments, including the tall thin Washington monument, the large, imposing Lincoln monument and then the World War II and Korean War monuments. After that we spent a while in the Smithsonian's American History museum, where we went through the American Presidents' wing. It'd take weeks to go through all of the museums and offerings of Washington.. so we'll have to come back. We wanted to get a cup of coffee at the Smithsonian, but the prices put us off our food! So we took the spiffy Metro to the Pentagon City stop, and had a more affordable lunch there. The photos were taken in D.C. Now we are wending our way along Route 70 through West Virginia. RoThe mountains and scenery are gorgeous, and the wifi is generous and free at the local McDonalds. We'll blog at length when we stop in Ohio today or tomorrow. Toodleooh.