The VRE station is also an Amtrak Station, you may be able to catch an Amtrak into DC (Union Station). There's also the National Marine Museum @ Quantico, which would prolly be walking distance.
When your going to the Museums, take the Yellow line in and get off at the stop before the Smithsonian it's only a couple of blocks away and you don't have the crowds that exit at the Smithsonian. The Red Line will take you within a mile or so of the Zoo, but it's still a decent trek up Connecticut Avenue to the zoo. Most of the Federal Buildings hold tours (Bureau of Engraving and Printing, FBI, Customs, Commerce also has a small Aquarium in the basement) If you're a beer drinker, there's the Brickskeller in Dupont Circle, which holds the world record for the most beers on a menu (although they're not all always in stock) there's also RFD about a block from the Verizon Center which is owned by the same folks but has a better in stock beer selection. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC 27616 (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 -----Original Message----- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:chumph...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 7:20 PM To: cf-community Subject: Family Vacation Advise We're going to be driving down to play tourist in the DC area on the week before Labor day - the first week of Sept. We're going with my in-laws and have a two room suite booked at Quantico (nice thing about having an army retiree for a father-in-law). Looking at the map, there's a VRE station right there... and my son is a train fanatic. It'd be a heck of a lot easier to take the train in, I remember that from when I lived in Mt. Vernon! Problem is that the train only runs through Friday, which leaves the weekend with us driving to either Franconia/Springfiled or Huntington station and parking. It's going to be four adults and two kids (7 and 4) - our goal is to have an easy visit, going to the museums and/or zoo depending on weather and how we feel. Any suggestions? Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301413 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
