- I have done a number of caches using the Metro as the means of transportaion. Parking is always a premium downtown. Let me know how Gettysburg goes, since I believe I will be there on business in September. Just load a bunch into the GPSr and go for them. Jeff --- bromley <bromley@xxxxxxx> wrote: > - > Nancy, > > I think that we'll be at the inner harbor for about > 4 hours. > These trips have a lot of logistics and planned > walk around > times so that the bus drivers have time away from > the wheel. > I've been to DC a couple of times BC (before > caching) and > know the area enough to get around. My main job is > to > chaparone the kids but if we "just happen" to walk > by a > cache, I'm not going to be above signing it (or > getting the > information to log it as a virtual). Any > suggestions would > be appreciated. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tnands" <sydstyr@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Suggestions needed for DC trip > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:41:02 -0400 > > >- > >We just now returned to our hotel in Virginia after > a > >Washington DC tourist/recon mission tonight. > > > >We didn't stop to cache; no where to park. Most of > the > >parking areas were not only blocked off but near > the White > >House was a policeman/armed someone about every 50 > feet. > >The pedestrian area was closed. (We wondered if > the > >President/VP was coming/going -- since we could see > a small > >procession leaving the area behind us, and when we > made the > >third loop the police were gone and the area was > open to > >pedestrians.) > > > > > >ANYWAY ..we just drove around DC to get a feel for > things > >for when we do do the tourist thing next week. We > had > >planned on going this weekend, but it's the Cherry > Blossom > >Festival and we're thinking Manassas might be more > our > >style instead. > > > >I ran a pocket query for 500 caches within DC and > it > >returned 70 caches. And, yes, looks like mostly > virtuals of > >places you might be visiting or near anyway. > Although, > >some look more complicated than others. I was going > to make > >a simple copy and paste page of cache names, > waypoints and > >what is needed in order to log each one. Normally > we work > >off the laptop, but parking appears to be at a > premium and > >once out of the car, we'll be out for a while. > Although, we > >were talking about being real tourists and trying > to get a > >bus or trolley tour. > > > >And, it just so happens Kyd and I are going into > Baltimore > >tomorrow (about an hour and forty minutes from > where we are > >in Virginia) to the Aquarium/Inner Harbor Area and > I was > >just starting to look at caches in the area. Do > you know > >what area you're heading too? If so, I'll try and > take a > >look around. > > > >Gettysburg is on my "wish list" -- maybe this > weekend. > >(We're here until next weekend) I'll report back on > that > >too. Although .. Jamestown is having the 400 year > >celebration. > > > >Hey -- you could be our new east-coast "RGS" lol. > For a > >while every time we'd head out of town, within a > few months > >Rich was following along behind us and in some > cases > >signing logs not to far behind us. > > > >Nancy > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Steve > >Bromley Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:43 PM > >To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [GeoStL] Suggestions needed for DC trip > > > >- > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="us-ascii" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I am accompaning my son's 8th grade class on their > field > >trip to the northeast. We will a day in Washington > DC, an > >evening in downtown Baltimore and a day in the > Gettysburg > >area (not necessarily in that order). Are their > any easy > >caches that anyone would recommend that could be a > quick > >walkup? I'm not sure I can break away to get any > caches but > >if the opportunity presents itself, I'd like to be > able to > >do so. I know we will be in Arlington, and on the > Mall in > >DC along with the Vietnam wall and the WWII > memorial. We > >will be at the Gettysburg battlefield and in > Hershey PA for > >a short time. 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