On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:18:36 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/14/2015 6:59 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/14/15 6:55 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/14/2015 5:39 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/14/15 5:35 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/14/2015 4:57 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:47:47 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:


We moved to southern Maryland because we wanted to enjoy the quiet
and
lighter traffic of a semi-rural area. Even in rush hour, though, the
commuter bus gets us to downtown DC in an hour or less for $3.75,
and DC
certainly is a cultural and intellectual center but one, if memory
serves, you are afraid to visit. All those dark-skinned people, you
once
alluded to here, "scare" you.

On weekends, I can drive to "museum alley" in DC in about 45-50
minutes.
We usually take the Metro to Washington Nationals games...our Metro
line
stops right at the baseball park.

You, on the other hand, live in an overly congested part of Fairfax
County, Virginia, and what, less than a mile as the crow flies from
the
most heavily traveled and smelliest part of the Beltway?


I guess it is what you grew up with. I liked Maryland when it was
rural and I moved away when it started to be just a suburb of DC

I agree the Smithsonian is a thing worth doing but that is really the
m,ost attractive thing in the whole town. I was a member for many
years.
I guess when you grow up there, when you have seen one monument, you
have seen them all. The rest is just another big city.

I would have a hard time saying which is the worst part of the beltway
and I was on it almost every day for 15 years, some days looping the
whole thing. From Rt 5 or 210 to 270, it is "6 of one" which direction
will be best. A lot of times, straight through town was best.
When I worked midnights I would go downtown, visit the Smith and maybe
have lunch with a government friend or two.



Is the Space Museum still down there across from the Smithsonian? I
thought it was pretty cools but that was back in the late 70's.



There's still an aerospace musuem, and there is a larger "annex"
facility out by Dulles Airport.


I think when we lived in Annapolis the original aerospace museum had
just recently opened. We used to visit DC fairly often to tour the
Smithsonian and other sites.
It was a favorite place family guests that visited us wanted to spend
time visiting.


April is a decent time to be here, and after Labor Day. Too hot, too
many tourists in June, July and August. There are some new museums that
weren't here when you lived in Annapolis.


I remember being able to drive down from Annapolis in less than an hour
and find a parking place on the street right at the main entrance to the
Smithsonian. Must not have visited during tourist season.

Your odds of winning the Powerball lottery are probably better than finding a parking
spot there during the summer. Best to park at a far metro station and take that into
town.
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