Fort Belvoir, VA (Aug 29-Sept 11)

Aug 29–We moved to the Fort Belvoir campground on base. It is a nice campground and there is an eagles nest in view of our camper!

Aug 30–We got settled into the campground and walked around the area…man the sunset was spectacular!

Aug 31–We went to Washington, DC. There is SO much to do, this is a multiple day city, for sure! We walked around to see as much as we could…we will come back another day.

Instead of driving in the city, we took the train. It was a good decision for sure!

Sept –We went back to DC. We did the holocaust museum tour and it is the most moving and horrifying experience I think I have ever had. I meant to take more photos, but I was so engrossed in the experience that I didn’t take any but this one. There was an area that was under renovation that was a pile of shoes….and I was moved to tears just thinking about it, I can’t imagine if I had seen it (they did have a photo). If you ever go to DC, I cannot express strongly enough how important it is to go here, so that we NEVER forget the horrors these people went through and that we NEVER allow such atrocities to occur again. How did we let this happen?

We walked around DC quite a bit again and didn’t really take many photos, just remained in the now. We then went to Arlington National Cemetery. I wanted to see the tomb of the unknown soldier, so we took a trolley tour as to not miss the changing of the guard. This was another moving experience. I took a video of the changing of the guard…it is a site to behold! Unfortunately, it is too long for this site, so photos will have to suffice.

Sept -3-10–I flew to DFW for my quarterly visit. Ed explored DC a bit but he isn’t much of a photo taker, so there is nothing to show for when I am gone. LOL!

Sept 11–We packed up to head to our next campground. We did take a walk during the day and I got a few more photos of the area around the campground.