Sunday - The day our butts fell asleep from the drive

Having had a relatively late start to the day, we got on the road shortly after 10, both of us finally heading into new territory.  Although we know how large the U.S. is (and live in a country equally as vast) it's easy to forget, so we were both surprised at how far it was between cities/towns.  It probably didn't help that we took the Pa turnpike which even took us through the Allegheny Mountain tunnel which is over 1.5 km long.

Lunch was horrid at Hardee's (terrible value for money) - but there really wasn't a huge selection where we stopped.  We passed over the Mason-Dixon Line and into Maryland, it was a  beautiful drive with breathtaking views.  Finally we arrived in Washington on a blisteringly hot afternoon (>36C).  It was like a summer rush hour in Toronto, but on a Sunday (seems a protest had closed a few streets).  

Bought our Metropass for the week and we must look fairly approachable as people asked us questions at three different points - we were asked how to use the machine to buy fares (which we knew), Steve was asked where the trains were at a transfer point (which we knew from the signs...) and a lady wanted to know if my shoes were comfortable (the jury's still out on that one, I think my feet are swelling with all the heat and humidity so my baby toes are taking a beating).  

Dinner was good at Gordon Biersch - but the cold beer was really the key.  Tomorrow some sightseeing is in store.

I got a kick out of the saying on the Washington DC plates today "Taxation without representation".

Today's plates:

Minnesota 

West Virginia

North Carolina 

Delaware

California 

Indiana 

Tennessee 

Wisconsin 

Michigan 

New Jersey 

Georgia

New Mexico 

Illinois 

Washington DC

Oregon 

Iowa

Connecticut 

Arizona

West Virginia

Kentucky 

Montana

Texas