Big City Break: Washington, D.C.
“For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us…” ~ John Winthrop ~ We’ve been engaged in a serious march up the East Coast for the past several weeks, seeing as much as we can in a very condensed timeframe. Along the way, we’ve enjoyed the privilege of spending a day at a time touring some of the more prominent cities in our country, and I’ve decided to take a short break from the chronological travel recaps in order to tell you about them while it’s fresh on the brain (and the more-recent footage is easier to access for Mr. Videographer.) I think it goes without saying that the East Coast is full of history. And I. Love. History. Especially American History. What better place to start soaking it all in than our nation’s capitol, Washington, D.C. Our launch point was a campground in Pohick Bay, not too far south of Mount Vernon on the Potomac River. I had previously lived in D.C. for a semester in college, so I was fam...