While we were in West Virginia, Jack Greenwood, my brother-in-law from Ohio came to see us!  It was wonderful.  Hadn't seen him for nearly 30 years!  He is still a kidder and fun to be with!

 I don't know if it is just our age or what, but nearly all of the people we see and talk to are Romney voters, I don't think they all started out that way, but the political clime of the last year or so have swayed them that way.  We shall see come November!

We got to DC, found our RV Park in College Park, MD and holy moly the traffic!  Hard to believe there are this many people with places to go in such a small area!  (Is my Wyoming side showing???)  There are more people on the beltway than there are in the whole state of Wyoming!  Barry is an incredible driver with the rig!  He just calls the silly ones names and keeps on keeping on!  I admire him alot, I would probably just pull over and bawl!!! 

So we found the Metro station, and as luck would have it, the Metro bus picks us up in the camp ground.  The bus takes us to the Metro (subway) station and we only have one train change between where we are in MD and where the reunion is in DC.  When we get to the stop for the Hotel, there is a tunnel to walk down that takes us directly into the hotel!  What a break!  Takes about an hour from our RV door to the hotel.  AND no traffic to endure!  The DC Metro system is very very nice, clean, and fast!  Mass transit is a good thing!  So we start 4 days of everything MARINE CORPS!  Two buses full of marines and their spouses going to all the wonderful locations!  Quantico, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the Vietnam wall, All the "old" Marines getting together is priceless.  Funny that as we age those old attachments mean more and more. 

So we finished up the reunion and spent time with Reid, Barry's son that lives in VA.  Very fun seeing him and his boys!  His mother Linda was very gracious and had us to her home several times. Reid is so much like Barry it is amazing.  Strong genes I think.  Reid's boys can't quite understand the connection between Barry and Reid, one of them just calls him Uncle Barry!  It is a relationship that may not be understood until they are older! 

So we left College Park and drove to Hampton yesterday (Sept 4th).  Hung around there until after the holiday weekend hoping the traffic would subside, and it did.  Yesterday traffic wasn't bad at all.  We are currently parked at Fort Monroe, in Hampton, VA.  President Obama named it a National Monument recently.  The fort's construction started in 1819  by employing the labor of slaves, who were gradually replaced by military convicts.  The fort covers 63 acres and was completed in 1834.  It is complete with a light house and a mote!!!  Robert E. Lee's quarters are here as well as the cell where Jefferson Davis was detained.  Lots to see and do here!