Washington, DC Trip

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ShawnKing · #1 Unread post by **ShawnKing** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:39 pm

My wife and I are planning a trip from Nashville to DC next week - 2 days to get there and back and 2 days in DC itself playing tourist. We plan on staying in Johnson City, TN the first night and Blacksburg, VA on the way back. It will be our first "long distance" ride on our new bike!

We know all the places in DC we want to see (Washington Monument, White House, National Archives, etc) and plan on taking "back roads" as much as possible on the trip.

The nice folks at Garmin have loaned us a StreetPilot 2720 (thanks to the guys at Honda of Cool Springs for mounting it for us!) so we can find our way around without too many issues (I've been testing it around Nashville and it *rocks*) and the Butt Buffer people have got our....well...butts covered.

Are there any sights/places/restaurants/roads you think are can't miss? Any ideas, no matter how odd or wacky, are appreciated.

Also, we've got a Royal Star Tour Deluxe with nice big saddlebags. But I'll be picking up a "Touring Bag" for the passenger seat so we can put in clothes and such. The bike has been checked out and is ready for the ride.

What else do you suggest we bring along? We've got the usual (extra cel phone batteries, emergency numbers, cameras and a computer to upload pics

) but do you have any other suggestions? I'm going to grab a couple of extra face shields and we'll bring enough and the right clothes but.....

Bubba · #2 Unread post by **Bubba** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:04 am

Washington is a great place to visit, but you'll need more that a couple of days to see it all.
What I do when I go there is park in the Holiday Inn parking garage, (inside).
The Holiday Inn is just behind the Air and Space Musium.
From there you can walk to just about everything. (Bring those walking shoes.)
There was a time you could just walk into the buildings and walk around. Those days a long gone, especially since 9/11. Most places you must be escorted in. This takes time, that's why I say you'll need more than a couple of days.
Enjoy your trip and don't forget the Viet Nam Memmorial.

PS: I'll post one of my rides on this forum which includes Washington.

ShawnKing · #3 Unread post by **ShawnKing** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:05 am

Bubba wrote:Washington is a great place to visit, but you'll need more that a couple of days to see it all.

Yeah - this is the first of what we hope will be many trips to DC.

The Holiday Inn is just behind the Air and Space Musium.
From there you can walk to just about everything. (Bring those walking shoes.)

LOL Yup!

Enjoy your trip and don't forget the Viet Nam Memmorial.

PS: I'll post one of my rides on this forum which includes Washington.

Thanks!