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We visited Washington D.C on the 2nd day of our trip. Our route was from WV, via Virginia to DC.

First, we visited white house.

 Then, Whashington monument.

World war II memorial.

And Lincoln memorial

It was so hard to find a parking spot in DC. We finally found a parking garage for around $15. The fact I didn't like is, they themselves park the car and keep the key with them. Also, they say they are not responsible if anything is lost. Hearing all that I felt like it is not a good place to leave our car. If they keep the key, the should be responsible for whatever inside the car too. Else, they should give us the key. So, I think it is really not a good idea to park in DC garages. Instead, find 2hr parking lots somewhere.

That day we spent night in Maryland, hoping to visit Delaware bay next morning.
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Grandview state park is situated near New river George bridge. It took around 1hr for us from there to reach Grandview State park.

There is a really nice lookout point. You can see the new river flowing like a snake around a mountain. There is a rail road adjacent to the river.

Life is old there...
Older than the trees...
Younger than the mountains...
Blowing like a breeze...
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After visiting Kanawha falls, we headed towards New River George Bridge. We a hoping to see a huge bridge but we didn't see any until the GPS indicates that we passed it. We were surprised that we really didn't see one. Then we found the visitor center of New river bridge nearby and the lady explained what happened.

We had crossed it without knowing we are crossing it. The bridge is not visible when we cross it. It just looks like the road connecting mountain tops. If you want see the bridge, you have to take the scenic trail which runs under the bridge. Then you can view the huge bridge from the bottom side.

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We visited Kanawha Falls on the first day of our Washington trip. We reached there around 2 pm.

The waterfall has a very small height but it is really wide. You can access the fall very easily as it is adjacent to the main road.

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We planned a trip to Washington D.C. with my parents in May, 2012. We thought to cover West Virginia, Virginia, Washington D.C. and Pittsburgh, PA in this trip.

On day one, we started from Bloomington, IN and drove to West Virginia via Kentucky. It was aroun 8 hr drive to our lodge. This was our route from Bloomington to Lewisburg, WV.



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We visited Kanawha falls, New river George bridge and Grandview park on our way.
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Presque Isle state park is in Pennsylvania, near lake Erie. This is what it looks like.

This curve shaped land has amazing beaches. You can do various activities like kiting, cycling, fishing and jogging there.

We were coming back from Niagara(for the 2nd time) towards Indiana. We just found this park on the GPS and thought to have a look (glad we did). We stopped by a beach named "Mill road beach". It was really beautiful and sunny. We spent about an hour there enjoying and relaxing. Too bad we had to leave the place so soon as we still had to cover a major potion of the journey.

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It was a one day trip to French Lick, IN in winter 2011. It was about 1 hr away from Bloomington, IN. We had fun in BIg splash water park in the morning.

It was a small sized indoor water park. Though it is relatively small, it is more than enough to have fun if you are with friends. It was a part of a hotel. If your group has 4 people or more, you get a room from the hotel. I think it is a great deal.

We had lunch from a nice Amish restaurant in the city. Then we headed to West Baden Springs hotel and to French Lick Springs hotel. These hotels offer tours but we couldn't get one because we were too late. Those were nice hotels and we spent some time to to look and walk around.

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