Home again

This has been a brutal month, but a little less brutal this weekend, cause Kev came along for a Baltimore-DC trip.

Friday we did the Archives, Ford Theater, got turned away at Pentagon (3-week notice to sign up for tour, I was shocked to discover), and spent rest of afternoon at Air & Space (8 kills for our combined team in the fighter simulation).

Saturday I got up at the Baltimore hotel where we stayed (Marriot Waterfront) and briefed about 700 naval officers at a supply community conference. Great audience. Two giant screens. I wandered around the ballroom so much I wore myself out with the blooming allergies coming on.

Kev and I spent rest of day in Baltimore, just wandering around the waterfront. Highlight? Learning how to ride Segways at the Science Museum and getting to toodle around on them. You don't just stand on them, it's a constant exercise in isometrics and balance. Very intuitive.

Today we had breakfast with my old mentor Hank Gaffney in Bethesda and then did Udvar-Hazy at Dulles, which was stunning. Seeing Enola Gay totally restored was really something. A museum worth visiting once in your life.

I am so tired of travel, but spending all that time with Kevin this weekend was a lot of fun.

Comments

[William Weisberg]

I had my family at Udvar-Hazy on Saturday--totally agree. Seeing the Shuttle right next to the early capsules gives you a gut level feeling of the space timeline (notwithstanding all of the acknowledged issues with the Shuttles and the "frozen" technologyy they embody). The WWI and WWII fighters are also amazing to see close up. We live in McLean, VA, very near to the Museum, and I am kicking myself for not having visited earlier. Definitely returning. Bill