Donna's parents, Jim and Gwen arrived in Washington late on Thursday 6 September 2007 after the usual joys of the trans-Pacific flight. Everything has been hectic and crazy since then as Donna has had the six of us on an agenda that ensures they see as much as possible and never have time to stop and enjoy themselves, or so it has seemed!
So here goes a series of short posts to start getting the blog back up to date, with good intentions of fleshing out a bit more later on ...
Saturday 8 September was planned to be a day in Baltimore. However we first had to pick up the mini van (people mover in Aust terms) from Budget that we had booked for the period over the next two weekends. With the usual efficiency of rental firms here, there wasn't a car waiting for us. We ended up being taken up to an Avis depot who matched the rate we had but it meant our morning was gone.
We still headed up to Baltimore which is around 45 minutes north of our home. Eventually found an expensive park (don't go to the Harbour late on a Saturday lunchtime!) and somewhere to eat. Wandered around the Harbour and the shops on an oppressively hot / humid day when we were all glad to get back home.
On Sunday 9 September, we headed out towards Dulles Airport to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum. Collection was impressive with the first large hangar having three levels of aircraft and suspended walkways to see them. There's also a large collection of aircraft engines. Collection includes an Air France Concorde and a 'Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest jet in the world'. (Yeah right, a 40 year old design hasn't been improved since - I don't think so!) The second hangar has a space theme, with the space shuttle Enterprise taking centre stage. This one was used to test atmospheric flights and landings and was never taken into space.
Sunday ended with a street party in Underwood Street, complete with a DJ, BBQ dinner and kids' entertainment.
Malcolm
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