On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 17:03:52 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:


I believe that taxi goes only to Old Town, Alexandria. I suppose you noticed the big, empty docking
space. Once we were going up river and decided to stop at NH to get a cup of coffee. We pulled up to
the dock, which was empty - about a quarter mile of it - and a young man in a green jacket comes
running asking if he can help. We said we were just going to walk up and grab a Starbucks or
something. He then told us the docking fee was $10/hour. We left, went to the Old Town dock by the
park (free) and had our Starbucks there. I don't think I've ever seen any boats docked there, unless
they were in the marina.

I don't know. You can see from the pictures, there were a lot of boats
there. (big ones)

Maybe you should have just dropped off the missus, idled around a
while and had her bring the coffee back. Starbucks is right there on
the Corner of the Westin.

On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:16:42 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 17:03:52 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:


I believe that taxi goes only to Old Town, Alexandria. I suppose you noticed the big, empty docking
space. Once we were going up river and decided to stop at NH to get a cup of coffee. We pulled up to
the dock, which was empty - about a quarter mile of it - and a young man in a green jacket comes
running asking if he can help. We said we were just going to walk up and grab a Starbucks or
something. He then told us the docking fee was $10/hour. We left, went to the Old Town dock by the
park (free) and had our Starbucks there. I don't think I've ever seen any boats docked there, unless
they were in the marina.

I don't know. You can see from the pictures, there were a lot of boats
there. (big ones)

Maybe you should have just dropped off the missus, idled around a
while and had her bring the coffee back. Starbucks is right there on
the Corner of the Westin.

Not a bad idea.

On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:40:22 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

Maybe you should have just dropped off the missus, idled around a
while and had her bring the coffee back. Starbucks is right there on
the Corner of the Westin.

Not a bad idea.

I think you could take 2 couples and just trade places. A half hour is
about all you need to take in that experience. Get a cup of coffee to
go, walk up the main drag and look at the statues, ride the wheel and
get back on the boat.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20and%20abe.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20and%20Rosie.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/No%20I%20said%20hand%20OUT.jpg

On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:45:00 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:40:22 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

Maybe you should have just dropped off the missus, idled around a
while and had her bring the coffee back. Starbucks is right there on
the Corner of the Westin.

Not a bad idea.

I think you could take 2 couples and just trade places. A half hour is
about all you need to take in that experience. Get a cup of coffee to
go, walk up the main drag and look at the statues, ride the wheel and
get back on the boat.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20and%20abe.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20and%20Rosie.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/No%20I%20said%20hand%20OUT.jpg

The whole place does nothing for me. But, I've not done the ferris wheel. Maybe one day when the
weather's been nice I'll give it a shot. It's only about ten minutes from the house.