I try to take Double Trouble to historic areas when visiting family in Maryland. In DC, they have visited the National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, National Monument, National Gallery of Art, National Archives, Air and Space, Natural History and American History, Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Just to name a few....
National's Baseball Game, Mount Vernon, toured Camden Yards and the house Babe Ruth grew up in.....
National Habor and The Awakening.....
Southern Md/Va - Point Lookout, G. Washington's childhood home, and the spot where John Wilkes Booth was killed....
and I just had to take them to a spot that my parents always too us as children.... Moll Dyers rock. Funny how small it seemed to me as an adult, and how weird Double Trouble thought it was that I took them to see a big rock. For those who don't know the story....
Moll Dyer is a legendary 17th-century resident of southern Maryland who was accused of witchcraft. She was chased out of her home by the locals in the dead of the coldest winter night of the year. The townspeople blamed her for the misfortunes in the town and suspected her of cursing the town. After an epidemic killed many locals, a group of townsfold decided they should kill her and set her cottage on fire. Moll Dyer fled into the woods and exhausted and freezing she knelt down on a large rock where she froze to death. Her body was found days later, and when it was removed her hand and knee left permanent impressions in the rock. It is said that this rock is haunted and on the coldest night of the year it is said you can hear her crying.
The rock has been moved from it's original spot in the woods, to the courthouse. You can see it in the pic on the left, left corner of the building behind the bench.
Now just to make traveling a little more interesting, I choose to go by different methods of transportation. Last trip down to Md, we took Concord Bus from Portland to Boston, 
Mega Bus from Boston to Philly (we did a pitstop in Philly to visit family). Mega Bus was SO cheap, and luckly we were in line first on got on the top deck, front row. A little scarey at first, but Double Trouble loved it. They described it as being in a roller coaster. When we were on the George Washington Bridge in NY, my son looked down and with the big windows, it was straight down. "WOW" was pretty much all he could say!
Mega Bus from Boston to Philly (we did a pitstop in Philly to visit family). Mega Bus was SO cheap, and luckly we were in line first on got on the top deck, front row. A little scarey at first, but Double Trouble loved it. They described it as being in a roller coaster. When we were on the George Washington Bridge in NY, my son looked down and with the big windows, it was straight down. "WOW" was pretty much all he could say!
Amtrak on the way home, I LOVE the train! My oldest got free drinks, which he considered pretty cool!
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