As memories of our previous West Coast roadtrip were beginning to fade in the aftermath of a typical UK winter, we were ready to set-off again ...... this time for a circular East Coast trip, beginning in Washington DC. Arriving on Friday 23 May (the start to Memorial Weekend) we took a 'GO Shuttle Bus' ride from Dullas Airport to Capitol Hill and checked-in to the Holiday Inn ...... a great place to stay; close to all the tourist attractions and comfortable! Having slept-off the trans-Atlantic flight we got off to an early start, commencing with the impressive Sculpture Park in the National Mall area.
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Having drank-in 'Rodin' and 'Henry Moore' we joined (walking alongside!) the joggers towards the National Mall where we bought tickets for the 'Big Bus' tour. We joined the Yellow Route at the White House and rode for almost an hour before disembarking at Georgetown, close to the staircase featured in The Exorcist! Georgetown is just about thhe oldest part of Washington and boasts many cobbled streets and river-fronted Colonial-style buildings. We stopped for lunch at a cool waterfront restaurant and enjoyed some quality soft-shelled crab sandwiches, before walking to the Lincoln Memorial via the water-front promenade. Reaching our destination, we were greeted with literally thousands of 'Harleys', amassed in advance of Sunday's 'Rolling Thunder' motor-cycle parade. Most if not all of the bikers are military vets and we were privallaged to meet chat to a couple of really nice guys who had just arrived from California and Arizona.
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We gaped at the bikes and then strolled to our next destination 'The Spy Museum' where we joined the multitude and took-in a somewhat cheesy, but enjoyable, visit. By the time we reaquinted ourselves with our hotel, sore feet and a touch of sunburn evidenced the fact that we were off to agood start! Memorial Weekend and the presence of so many military vets made it an easy task to pick a song today ..... it had to be 'The Boss' and 'Born in the USA'!
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Having drank-in 'Rodin' and 'Henry Moore' we joined (walking alongside!) the joggers towards the National Mall where we bought tickets for the 'Big Bus' tour. We joined the Yellow Route at the White House and rode for almost an hour before disembarking at Georgetown, close to the staircase featured in The Exorcist! Georgetown is just about thhe oldest part of Washington and boasts many cobbled streets and river-fronted Colonial-style buildings. We stopped for lunch at a cool waterfront restaurant and enjoyed some quality soft-shelled crab sandwiches, before walking to the Lincoln Memorial via the water-front promenade. Reaching our destination, we were greeted with literally thousands of 'Harleys', amassed in advance of Sunday's 'Rolling Thunder' motor-cycle parade. Most if not all of the bikers are military vets and we were privallaged to meet chat to a couple of really nice guys who had just arrived from California and Arizona. 
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We gaped at the bikes and then strolled to our next destination 'The Spy Museum' where we joined the multitude and took-in a somewhat cheesy, but enjoyable, visit. By the time we reaquinted ourselves with our hotel, sore feet and a touch of sunburn evidenced the fact that we were off to agood start! Memorial Weekend and the presence of so many military vets made it an easy task to pick a song today ..... it had to be 'The Boss' and 'Born in the USA'!
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