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Wow, just logged on and saw all the posts with great advice. Thank you everyone. This is definitely a big help. We are still in the planning stages of what we want to see. All the monuments, of course...my husband is a Vietnam Vet and he has never seen the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. As for...

I have been studying the metro site for several days and the fare options were all very confusing. I guess I will take your advice and get SmartTrip cards, as you suggested. We are not old enough to get the senior discount yet, so we will have to pay full price. I don't know about riding cabs...

I'm new here, so I'm not sure if I can post someone else's photo, but this was posted by someone on Facebook today. It may not be the most beautiful bridge, but it is definitely a photogenic scene. It's the Hawk's Nest Bridge in the New River Gorge in West Virginia.

Thanks again for all the great ideas, advice, etc. We probably won't be checking our baggage. I think we can just carry them on. We will probably get off the train in Alexandria, then take a cab to our hotel the first evening we arrive. For you locals in DC: Do you you have any advice for a...

Thank you for all the great responses. Our reservations are at the Hampton Inn in Crystal City (2000 Jefferson Davis Highway). It is apparently located about 2 or 3 blocks from the Crystal City Metro Station. So, if I go ahead and purchase the train tickets to Union Station in Washington, will...

I have recently joined this forum and have been reading the posts here to learn more about Amtrak travel. I am a recently retired school teacher, and the last time I rode a train it was a C&O passenger train. I was in the 6th grade on a school trip to Washington, DC. President Kennedy was in...