Cherry Hill RV Park

Wednesday - 9 October 2002: Washington, DC - We made it! Even one day early! Yes, it was a bit more involved than our usual 5-hour flight, but we certainly had more fun, saw something of Our Great Land, met more people and visited old friends. With our zigzag route, we drove 4,500 miles to get across the country! (Hubby drove every mile, of course.) Too bad we didn't get frequent flyer miles! This is a beautiful and varied country. People seem the same everywhere - they just start tawkin' funny east of Boise.

This morning, while walking Snickers, I found the Winfield United Methodist Church, a sign for the Winfield Community Building and the long-closed Winfield Grocer. I decided we were in Winfield, West Virginia. I also found a note on the Honda, requesting $16 for our campsite, to be placed in an (provided, "peel 'n stik") envelope and deposited into a locked box in the office (as I mentioned yesterday - a red garden shed). We never did see the owner/manager, and were on the road by 9 a.m. In just a few miles, we turned onto I-68 and entered Maryland about fifty miles later. The trees are very colorful in Maryland and it was a very pretty drive through the northern "arm" of the state.

The closer we came to Our Nation's Capital, the more traffic we encountered. By the time we hit the Beltway, it was bumper-to-bumper - but traveling the speed-limit. Very nerve-wracking for me, and also My Driver, but he stayed his course and we pulled into the campground around 2 p.m.  Goldie will have a rest for a while, while we give the Honda a work-out in DC traffic.

From our campsite at the very nice Cherry Hill Park, it took about 25 minutes to get to Lisa's apartment in Foggy Bottom. Of course, she looked wonderful and we are so excited to spend a few days with her - and her many friends - even Kelsey & Katie! Since we were a day early, we had to work around her schedule. She had a meeting at 4:30 and a meeting at 8:00 - so we had an early dinner together and we brought Snickers with us to see Lisa. Snickers is going to spend the next few days in a luxurious doggy day camp. We are sure this was Snickers first ride in an elevator. He didn't seem too interested in seeing Lisa, but was very interested in sniffing-out every square inch of her apartment. He did not like going out on her balcony - maybe the 9th floor was just too high. I took him for a quick walk around the block. Not too much grass, and as a country dog, Snickers does not know the other purpose of a fire hydrant. Plus, he drew a crowd! I guess people in suits in downtown DC don't see dogs very often and Snickers made many friends in our quick block. One guy dropped his brief case, went down to his knees and put out his arms to Snickers! Girls - if you are single, get a dog and go for a walk!

RV Park: Cherry Hill Park in College Park, Maryland