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From thewhyfive - Top Five Vacation Spots

Oct 22, 2007 11:57

This is going to be a little difficult for me, as I haven't done much "vacationing." My parents (well, my dad) thought it was a somewhat-frivolous waste of money, and I've kind of adopted that mindset without even meaning to ( Read more... )

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sinksanctity October 22 2007, 16:02:08 UTC

DC is incredible. I miss my hometown sometimes. :(

gangwaygirls October 22 2007, 16:04:21 UTC

It's a good time. Another of my favorite museums is the Air & Space Annex out by Dulles. So very cool.

princessbunny October 22 2007, 17:00:32 UTC

Gulf Shores is still super nice!

gangwaygirls October 22 2007, 18:18:15 UTC

I'm so glad to hear that! A lot of it got wiped out by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, but I'm sure most of it has been rebuilt by now.

silver05 October 23 2007, 00:27:09 UTC

I absolutely love DC. I've been to tons of other cities but none of them compare to DC. I don't go as much anymore, because they closed down the American History Museum for two years for renovations. Supposedly they'll finish their project on the Star Spangled Banner while they're at it, too. I hope so.

I also hope they bring back the pendulum. :)

gangwaygirls October 23 2007, 13:13:43 UTC

Oh, yeah, I think the last time I went (June '06) was right before they shut it down.

My first time going was in 2004, so I missed the pendulum altogether. I Googled it, however, and found this, sadly:

"The Foucault pendulum which was displayed for many years in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History was removed in late 1998 to make room for the Star-Spangled Banner Preservation Project and there are no current plans to reinstall it."

silver05 October 23 2007, 14:15:11 UTC

Darnit!