Today is an easier run with only about 160 miles to Washington. Being a Saturday we are hoping the roads are not too busy. It is really a transport leg again today but we
did get to stop a few times
On the advice from our Host we followed Route 29 which is
quite scenic and becomes (of and on) Route 66 (the new one not the old one which
never went anywhere near Washington DC).
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| Very scenic drive along route 29 |
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| Its Saturday, everything is for sale - yard sales every where4! |
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| Another roadside flea market |
The first confusion came when we tried to put the address in
for our overnight stay. This was on Capitol Hill in Washington which shouldn’t
have been that hard to find, or so we thought...... Stopped in Culpeper at the Welcome Centre who provided us with free maps of Maryland, Washington DC and several brochures (and rest rooms!)
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| Culpepper, Garden Sculpture opposite the Welcome Centre |
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| Even close to Washington there is still a lot of farming |
The GPS has been great up until now......BUT no New Jersey Ave to be found. It took some time to
work out that you can have Washington DC in Virginia, you can have Washington
DC in Maryland or you can have Washington in DC (District of Columbia) as a separate province, guess where New Jersey Ave is,
the last one which we didn’t think of for quite some time.
Then, of course, you can have Route 29 entering from the
North West (where we were) or you can have it entering from the North (or that
is what it appears), looked easy on the map. Fortunately, when we found the
address "Miss GPS" took over otherwise we could have ended up anywhere. Actually
found the Hotel quite easily although the last 16 miles took us nearly 1.5
hours due to traffic. And of course, there is a construction zone right outside the hotel and after
6 weeks of travelling our baggage is a little dis-organised - it was a right pain unloading the car.
Anyway with a little help from the bell boy, we made it.
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| Crossing the Potomac River in Washington DC |
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