Posted by sgt bull on July 18, 2008 at 14:27:35 from (166.159.173.247):
Took the family on an east coast trip... saw Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, the Smithsonian museums in DC, (well at least several of them), Arlington Cemetery. (What a somber, thought provoking place), Washington"s Mt. Vernon, and the capitol. (couldn"t get into the White House, not enough time.) The American History museum was closed though, much to our disappointment. A few observations:
DC was incredibly loud... all night. Sirens, traffic, and people.
I hate heavy traffic. We got caught in rush hour traffic in DC. Could have rode my bike the same distance I covered in my car, only faster.
The tourist places RAPE you. We ate ONE time in one of the Smithsonian"s museums.. (Me, the wife, and 4 kids). I knew it would be high, and we"re trying to spend the money on seeing stuff, not food..We each got a slice of pizza, an apple or banana, and a soft drink.....SEVENTY FOUR DOLLARS! The sign said it was $4.85 per person on the display for that combo... ($29.10 plus tax) When the lady at the register told me $74, I nearly had a high speed come apart.... She impolitely advised me that the $4.85 was for the same meal w/ a HALF a slice of pizza, but we were getting WHOLE slices of pizza so it was $74.00.... lets see, 74 - 29.10 = 44.90. 44.90 / 6 = 7.48.... so each 1/2 slice of pizza cost $7.48 additional! I was so mad, I was about to simply tell the kids to set the trays down and walk away... my wife, not wanting to be run out of the museum on a rail, made me bite my tougue as best she could. I later went back and looked... yeah the sign was there. BEHIND the guy serving the pizza by the slice, on a 5x7 card on the wall....
The Potomac river is a cesspool. We took the boat tour from Washington"s Mt. Vernon, about 20 minutes north and then back. I saw THOUSANDS of plastic bottles, 55 gallon barrels, and other bits of trash and debris. What would George have thought of his descendants if he saw that? And finally, the worse part, look as I might, I saw only a handfull of old tractors anywhere. Not that that is why we went, it was just an observation. Never really saw many at all until we came back thru PA. Saw lots of expensive houses, rude drivers, and overpriced everything. Finally, just an observation on security. Its there, but flawed. I"m a police officer and can carry my off duty weapon anywhere in the US, with the exception of course of some very senisitve places. As I expected, I had to ck my weapon at the Capitol, but was allowed to carry it in all of the museums and other buildings. I won"t go into what they required for me to enter, but I felt it was neither very well thought out nor implemented. It would be no big feat for anyone to get in w/ a weapon. More importantly, I didn"t even go thru the metal detectors, and could have been carrying a nuke in my vest... My 9 year old son, on the other hand, got jerked out of line and once overed w/ the "wand"... the metal tuna can in his lunchable package set off the alarm.... can"t trust them 9 year olds...
Enough of a rant, but next year we"re going to IOWA! (Mt. Pleasant, here we come.) Hope we fare better there. At least there will be tractors and nicer people.
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