[GeoStL] Re: Suggestions needed for DC trip

-
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.  Any suggestions would be welcome.  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >Steve Bromley
> >bromley@xxxxxxx
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > ****************************************
> > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including
> >unsubscribing from this
> > list, click ----->
> >http://www.freelists.org/list/geocaching 
> > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived 
> >http://tinyurl.com/87cqw
> >
> > 
> >
> > ****************************************
> > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including
> >unsubscribing from this
> > list, click ----->
> >http://www.freelists.org/list/geocaching 
> > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived 
> >http://tinyurl.com/87cqw
> 
> Steve
>  
> 
>  ****************************************
>  For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including
> unsubscribing from this
>  list, click ----->
> http://www.freelists.org/list/geocaching 
>  Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived 
> http://tinyurl.com/87cqw
> 

 

 ****************************************
 For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this
 list, click -----> http://www.freelists.org/list/geocaching 
 Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived  http://tinyurl.com/87cqw

Other related posts: