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Travel Blogs from College Park, United States
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Maryland (or Marilynd as locals say)
... up with the owners sleeping (we weren't meant to park there, but too bad), and gobbled down some lunch. Cherry Hill Park www.cherryhillpark.com is definitely a 'resort' type campground - very nicely paved, big playground, two swimming pools, mini golf ...
Changing of the Guard
After a sleep in, Jodie went for a walk, she found out that a bus does run to the Metro today albeit to a different stop. We had thought we were camp bound today. We decided to go to Arlington National Cemetery. Jord wanted to stay put, so off Jodie and ...
We're just outside of DC now
I'm backlogging...... We drove from South Carolina, through North Carolina, and Virginia (and maybe another state?) We are staying at a great campground that Aunt Dorrit & Uncle Ken told us about. After setting up camp, we cooked up some ...
Atlantic City
... Baltimore (one of the bigger shipping ports around), and ended up in a lovely place aptly named Cherry Hill, a 5 generation RV resort park, with a bus stop, INSIDE the resort entrance. So, we're ready to see, via the public transport system, ...
Day 3 - WASHINGTON DC
... of: The National Air & Space Museum National Museum of American History, National Museum of Natural History United States Holocaust Memorial Museum National Postal Musum Arts & Industries Building Naitonal Archives Textile Musuem ...
Nucleus of America - WASHINGTON DC
Day 1 Washington would have to be the museum and monument capital of the world. And the great thing about this city, is that nearly all the exhibits, and attractions are free! We stepped off the subway today, and straight up into ...
Day 2 in the Capitol - WASHINGTON DC
... . On the ceiling of the Rotunda is a painting of George Washington with 15 ladies that representated: the Original 13 States, plus one for Freedom and one for Liberty. Unfortunately, the photograph doesn't really show it that clearly, so ...
The place I left my computer
Yes, I left my computer behind at this site. Didn't know it until I was going through Security at the airport and unzipped my bag to pull out the computer. Not a fun moment of ...
The Day After The Horrible Storm
... floor also contains two gift shops, a cafeteria and more religious artifacts. This is the most amazing church we have visited in the United States. It is definitely a destination, a place worthy of pilgrimage, if you will. We spent a lot of time ...
I Forgot!
... will be lighter traveling I-495. Jil starts giving me directions that are not familiar at all. I asked her "where are you leading us?" She states "Take the I-95 for 24 miles and blah blah blah." I told her I did not want to go that way. Her answer "OH, ...
Day 22. Final Day in D.C.
... at the Statue of Liberty, but that's nothin' compared to D.C. There are police of every kind (F.B.I., Secret Service, National Park, etc). They are everywhere. Long drive coming up tomorrow, on our way to Boone to see the Ellingsons. ...
University of Maryland
Drove down with Colin to visit Jenny and spend some time at University of Maryland. Went to the bars, toured the school, and went to DC the next ...
First Weekend
Today was the first weekend @ school. I went to the bars and got drunk. I ventured to laundryworld, and made alot of new friends. They taught me how to play mexican billiards, and atari acarde games. They also taught me how to jwalk ...
OMG your English!
... early in the morning so we needed to take out photos with Hatrick n Crew..... Late morning we got up, tidied the room and left. College Park was fun, we were fed, drank some beer and finally after my 3rd year working in the US I got to see the Capital ...
A sneak peek at where I'll be living in Morocco
I wanted to go ahead and post this so I wouldn't have to worry too much about trying to capture the CCS house in photographs. This is a good tour of the house in which I'll be living during my 3 weeks in Morocco. There will only be 14 other ...
Our Nation's Capital
Although we were headed to DC to do the tourist thing, the closest, nicest campground was in College Park, MD. Really neat place.........lots of amenities and a cafe with great food! By the time we got there, Rick & I had already ...
Day 20; Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland
... park called Cherry Hill Park, just outside of DC. While I can't get the song from the 60's out of my head, apparently the park in the song is in Jersey... The last two days at Gettysburg were crisp and sunny, but man can it rain on the east ...
Walking Our Nations Capital
... war itself. We decide to leave the mall and walk down Constitution Avenue. We come across the Organization of American States Complex, A Department of Interior Building, A memorial to the Second Division of the U.S. Army, and then the South Lawn of ...
Alright, what's this blog thing all about....
Welcome to my first official blog. Yes, those massive travel emails are a thing of the past--we are trying something a bit more Thoroughly Modern, Millie. The unbelievable generosity of my boss and co-workers (not to mention the patience ...
Cool things about Islam, according to Erin
... mention that I live right next to an extremely conservative Islamic school (www.alhuda.org) and see completely veiled women fairly regularly, so it's very possible that Morocco will be LESS conservative than College Park, Maryland, but we shall ...
A Very Solemn Day
... on the green line, we have to transfer to the blue line. After receiving instructions from the very informative staff here at Cherry Hill RV Park, we are on our way. The journey over and under DC afforded us by the Metro train is not unlike the much newer ...
The one that got away
So i watched american pie 2 on tv today, and one quote seemed to be the most compelling. It is as follows: [Jim's Dad sees Jim looking at pictures of Nadia] Jim's Dad; Ah, yes. The one that got away. ...
DC
This is the closest camground to DC. It has bus service which takes you to the train station which goes to Union ...
Away we go
We set off this morning at about 8.30am from Newark, New Jersey, and we passed through Delaware to reach Maryland and our campsite called cherry hill. We all went as a group to the supermarket and did a three day shop, that was a right mission! We ...
Home.
I made it home last night with a minimum of adventure. The airport was fairly empty on Christmas Day and our flight was only half full--the crazy snow mess affecting Europe was apparently only limited to shorter flights and thus mine was ...
First Day in Washington, DC
... to get a table for six, but it was well worth the wait. After lunch, we walked over to the Archives of the United States of America. Then it was time to head to the Metro and back to the RV. It was a great day. Thanks Rick for ...
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