We arrived at the National Harbor just outside of DC and immediately ingratiated ourselves in the community. Alexandria chalked full of history was just across the river, where we did many fun tours and ate at the restaurant where George Washington would eat, drink and dance at. We also ventured over to George and Martha’s stead at Mt. Vernon. Watched fireworks, and saw the National Wheel change colors every night for different events. We felt like locals as we “commuted” over to DC on the water taxi.
We made good friends with Mylene and Adam in the marina and enjoyed happy hours, cocktails, dinners and live lobsters that they brought back from their other home in Maine.
Paul and Shima Vosti joined us on Raven and in National Harbor for dinner and drinks, and invited also to their lovely home for a barbeque with their family. Paul gave us an amazing private tour of the Pentagon where he works, we were so honored to have Paul share that with us. Then their daughter Sarah also joined on Raven for an evening. Family is so wonderful.
Erica K. who moved out from California to work in the political arena in DC popped over with a friend and what a treat to spend the day with these two ladies who let us pepper them with all sorts of political and outsider questions of the inside world of DC.
Then Erica’s Mom and Dad were in town to see Erica and we had the chance to hang with Mark and Colleen for the evening, not enough time.
Most of our time in DC was spent hitting up every museum in the area, we left no stone unturned as they say. We hit up the Spy museum, every Smithsonian museum, went to the Supreme Court, Library of Congress, had a pass to the House of Representatives. We tried our very best to see it all and made the most of our time in DC area and it was truly wonderful and we feel so much smarter after being there!
While we were in the DC area, we made a little vacation to the Annapolis boat show where we had a mini homecoming with friends, Wind Ensemble, Happy Times, Sapphire, Jim-Cat, Tangled Sheets, Pan-Dai and the Leopard team. We had celebrity sightings and talked with “Happy Together” and “La Vagabond”.
We were able to have my sister there; even if it was for a couple of days. To have other friends and family and to meet new friends just made the time and experience even more complete. Originally the Chesapeake and DC were not part of the plan, but it just turned out so perfect to be there and now we can’t believe that we hadn’t planned it all along.
Our Adventures Around the World-Leopard 45
