Today (29 May 2008) was a perfect blue sky with scattered high clouds. I arrived at my Washington D.C base of operation in Falls Church VA during the early part of the rush hour.
I took opportunity of backtracking 21 miles to the New River Gorge Bridge. Took a couple of pictures at the view point, but passed on the 1200 steps down and back to the river bottom. The picture from there is on the West Virginia Quarter, so no big loss. In any case there are some pretty good pictures available on Google.
Trip details
- Back roads. None - All limited access roads
- Trip Miles & Gas info: 331 miles. Average 54mph, 31mpg, premium $4.339 in Summersville WV, $4.098, in Staunton VA.
- Dining experience: In Falls Church went to my favorite Chinese restaurant from my time there in the Seventies. The Peking Gourmet is still in the decaying Culmore shopping center but it has definitely gone upscale. Now reservations are required in the evening and they have to be made a day or two in advance. As good as they are, Chinese is still Chinese and not worth a reservation in IMHO. According to the on-line food pages in the Fairfax Register, It has become a place for the Oriental movers and shakers to see and be seen.
- Motel: Residence Inn off of Gallows Road and Arlington Blvd in Falls Church. All those Mariott rewards points I collected over the years are getting cashed in on this stay. They are paying for this stop until 5/6 June I'll only have about 3000 points left in the account.
Technorati Tags: Travel 2008, Establish base in Washington DC area.
I started a blog/journal for the California Reunion. Won't be as extensive as yours. See: http://andrewslynamcousinreunion.blogspot.com/
Sounds like you are seeing some interesting historic places. Are they bringing back pleasant memories?
Posted by: Sharon | May 31, 2008 at 07:20 PM