Is it busy in D.C. Memorial week?
I might plan a trip to D.C. next Memorial day week but Im concerned that it will be crazy busy. Anyone know what Tuesday through Friday after Memorial day in D.C. will be like? Wanting to avoid line...
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Besides Cherry Hill (which is, by all accounts, a very nice campground and convenient to mass transit), there are a couple of other less expensive campground options to consider. The least expensive is probably Greenbelt National Park, which is not far from Cherry Hill. It's $16 per night, if it hasn't gone up since I stayed there a year and a bit ago, and is about a half hour to forty-five minute walk to the College Park metro station from the campground. This is typical national park camping: no hookups, but you have a picnic table and a fire ring and a shower house in the vicinity.
Another option is Lake Fairfax (county) park, which is within walking distance of the Wiehle-Reston East metro station. They offer electric hookups.
There are a great many museums to seen in DC beyond the Museum of the Bible (which, from what little I've heard of it, sounds quite interesting). Since that's a new museum, it may well be more crowded than it otherwise would be. I rather enjoyed the free docent-led tour of the National Building Museum, somewhat more so than the pay exhibits there. I also very much enjoyed the Air and Space museum extension at the Dulles Airport (which is an enormous extension--a full day to be sure). Getting to the airport with public transit requires taking a bus, at least for a few more years until the Metro extension there may be completed.
Another option is Lake Fairfax (county) park, which is within walking distance of the Wiehle-Reston East metro station. They offer electric hookups.
There are a great many museums to seen in DC beyond the Museum of the Bible (which, from what little I've heard of it, sounds quite interesting). Since that's a new museum, it may well be more crowded than it otherwise would be. I rather enjoyed the free docent-led tour of the National Building Museum, somewhat more so than the pay exhibits there. I also very much enjoyed the Air and Space museum extension at the Dulles Airport (which is an enormous extension--a full day to be sure). Getting to the airport with public transit requires taking a bus, at least for a few more years until the Metro extension there may be completed.
