We decided to meet Keith's parents in DC for Easter weekend. Keith's parents arrived around noon on the Thursday, while Keith arrived at 4:45 from Atlanta. Shawna was to arrive at the same time but her flight was delayed.
We met at 7:30 and walked along to one of the best French restaurants in Georgetown – La Chaumiere. Shawna joined us at the restaurant but didn’t eat as she was too late. We stayed overnight at the Park Hyatt on Keith's points.
The next day, we walked across the road to get our Starbucks fix, then walked into downtown Washington DC past the White House to meet the Wises. We had a great meal and visit at Legal Seafoods. We then walked to get tickets for the International Spy Museum and while we waited for our time, we looked round the National Portrait museum. We spent a couple of hours in the museum and then walked to a fantastic Indian restaurant in DC – The Bombay Club. After dinner, we walked to the Reagan building to see the political satire the Capitol Steps. We got back to the hotel at 10:30 having been gone almost all day.
On Saturday, the weather looked as if it could rain, so we decided to eat in Georgetown and delay our trip out to the Shenandoah Mountains. We walked round Georgetown University where Shawna went to college and had a great lunch at Clyde’s. We then got a taxi to Reagan airport and got the rental car to go out to Virginia. As the weather still didn’t look great, instead of doing a hike, we checked in to the Hampton Inn in Front Royal (somewhat of a lesser hotel than the night before!!) and went to look round Luray Caverns – one of the best caverns in the East US. They also had an impressive antique automobile collection. We went back to our hotel to get changed ready for the highlight of the weekend – dinner at Inn of Little Washington. We got to the restaurant about 9:00 pm and it was still crowded. We had a stunning meal accompanied by two bottles of Duckhorn merlot and left at 11:30 pm.
The next morning, we tried to go to the Starbucks in the local Target but it was closed for Easter so we had to settle for gas station coffee and some granola bars (quite a come down from the previous day’s dining!!)!! We drove 40 miles down the SkylineDrive in Shenandoah National Park with spectacular overlooks and got to the trail head for the hike to Whiteoak Canyon. It is one of the prettier hikes in the park ending up at a series of waterfalls, the first being an 86 ft fall. We went as far as the second waterfall and then hiked back to the car. It was about 5 miles round trip and 1400 ft altitude drop to the second waterfall. We decided to head straight back to the airport and eat again at Legal Seafoods in the airport. The timing worked out great as we all left the airport at about the same time.
We met at 7:30 and walked along to one of the best French restaurants in Georgetown – La Chaumiere. Shawna joined us at the restaurant but didn’t eat as she was too late. We stayed overnight at the Park Hyatt on Keith's points.
The next day, we walked across the road to get our Starbucks fix, then walked into downtown Washington DC past the White House to meet the Wises. We had a great meal and visit at Legal Seafoods. We then walked to get tickets for the International Spy Museum and while we waited for our time, we looked round the National Portrait museum. We spent a couple of hours in the museum and then walked to a fantastic Indian restaurant in DC – The Bombay Club. After dinner, we walked to the Reagan building to see the political satire the Capitol Steps. We got back to the hotel at 10:30 having been gone almost all day.
On Saturday, the weather looked as if it could rain, so we decided to eat in Georgetown and delay our trip out to the Shenandoah Mountains. We walked round Georgetown University where Shawna went to college and had a great lunch at Clyde’s. We then got a taxi to Reagan airport and got the rental car to go out to Virginia. As the weather still didn’t look great, instead of doing a hike, we checked in to the Hampton Inn in Front Royal (somewhat of a lesser hotel than the night before!!) and went to look round Luray Caverns – one of the best caverns in the East US. They also had an impressive antique automobile collection. We went back to our hotel to get changed ready for the highlight of the weekend – dinner at Inn of Little Washington. We got to the restaurant about 9:00 pm and it was still crowded. We had a stunning meal accompanied by two bottles of Duckhorn merlot and left at 11:30 pm.
The next morning, we tried to go to the Starbucks in the local Target but it was closed for Easter so we had to settle for gas station coffee and some granola bars (quite a come down from the previous day’s dining!!)!! We drove 40 miles down the SkylineDrive in Shenandoah National Park with spectacular overlooks and got to the trail head for the hike to Whiteoak Canyon. It is one of the prettier hikes in the park ending up at a series of waterfalls, the first being an 86 ft fall. We went as far as the second waterfall and then hiked back to the car. It was about 5 miles round trip and 1400 ft altitude drop to the second waterfall. We decided to head straight back to the airport and eat again at Legal Seafoods in the airport. The timing worked out great as we all left the airport at about the same time.
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