Drove up to the DC area, camping at Lake Fairfax County Park. A nice place to be located for planned outings.....but why were we the only ones at the campground? First (and we knew this before arrival), no water nor bathrooms - to be completed in 10 days. Second, driving north, took us out of the Spring weather...........woke up to SNOW! So a change in plans: Drive BIW to the Air & Space museum, skip our plans to bike, and skip our plans to spend a day at the Great Falls on the Potomac.
Parked at the Air & Space museum (RV freindly), and spent all day at this incredible collection of aircraft and spacecraft. Took a 2 hour guided tour, and learned the many stories of the men behind the metal and machinery. Saw the Discovery space shuttle, one of their newest arrivals -- it's big when you stand alongside. Other incredible aircrafts included the SR71 Blackbird spyplane, and many spacecrafts including manned and unmanned satellites. Also of interest were all of the WW1, WW2, and Vietnam planes and jets. We could have spend a few days walking among the all of the machines.
Included in our visit was a trip to watch an IMAX movie on the Hubble telescope and the 2009 space shuttle mission to repair and refurbish. Spectacular photography of our universe from Hubble, and quite a story to upgrade Hubble for the next 20 years.
With snow having changed to rain, but still in the 30s, we headed home to New Jersey. Arrived by 10pm and planned the cleaning and prep work to put BIW in storage for some Summer trips. Five months on the road this Fall/Winter season. More great trips planned in this year.
Welcome back. Please unpack the spring weather as soon as you can.
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