Frederick & Arlingon & Mount Vernon
The first friday took us to Frederick in Maryland, a town I passed by many times but had never taken the time to visit. We were going to meet our friend Jeremy here who was coming down from New York state to spend the weekend with us. As Frederick was on his way down it made sense to spend some time there. Frederick houses the national museum of civil war medicine so yes another day with a civil war link. We spend few hours there and the volunteer staff were very knowledgeable and willing to share their knowledge of civil war medicine which made for a very enjoyable experience there. For once we came home early and had time to play some games in the evening. Saturday was a day of longer driving heading back in the direction of Washington. It was going to be the hottest day of our holiday, our area was expecting some rain and Washington was not which made it the choice of the day. Google maps must have been feeling the heat as well as it took us on a very interesting dr...