DC Trip Part 2

Sunday, Larry picked Marlys up at the hotel around noon. It was still HOT! We drove to Mr. Vernon, George Washington's home. The visitor center and movie were great, but then it was time for our tour at 3:10. We hustled to the tour area in the sunshine and warm day. The 3:00 hadn't left yet! Well, we finally got near the building by 4 or so. Then Larry had to go find a toilet! I stayed in line and entered Mt. Vernon. It was really interesting. We were 3/4 finished when we got word that a storm was coming, electricity was out and maybe we would need to evacuate!!!

For that short while when I was in the building, storm clouds had blown in from the west and the wind was really whipping up dust. We got to the entrance before the heavy rain came. It lasted about 1/2 hour and by the time we headed to our car, it was over and steam was rising from the pavement. We were heading toward Richmond for the night in a motel. The next day we'd visit Williamsburg. But, I was able to get a picture of the Capitol building before dark and we found a laundromat to get our clothes clean.


We had a day of history at Williamsburg and Yorktown before we headed north to Pennsylvania. We took time to do research in Lancaster PA but found no breakthrough's in the Rail, Riggle or Wilson families.
Then we went on toward Philadelphia to visit Phil and Elizabeth. We caught up with each family and seemsed to take up where we had left off last time we talked. Sharon and family joined us for dinner. We even were treated to deer in their back yard!
We stopped in Trenton, NJ for the Capitol picture and then drove throught the western part of the state. We touched a corner of NY and then drove to Hartford,CT (for the capitol, of course). We stayed in a State Forest in the east and then got to Rhode Island the next day. Distances are much shorter in the NorthEast. We did research in Providence and then stopped in Plymouth, MA to buy a book. We also took a picture of the capitol in Boston before heading to Tom & Diane's house on the coast. We enjoyed our two days with them. We walked the beach and even played 'Mayo' bocci with rocks.