Slept in and missed breakfast! Running late, we gathered our gear, grabbed some thing we could eat on the road and headed for Wilmington, NC. Almost 4 hours later, non stop we arrived to a wonderful welcome from Kim as she bundled us into her car, picked up Charlotte a lovely friend from down the road and headed into town so we could catch a historical ride around Wilmington by horse and buggy. Ron our driver was a wealth of knowledge about the history of the to...

Packed up and heading to the International Spy Museum this morning - one of the few museums you have to pay to see in Washington DC - a great place to go! Spent almost 3 hours there checking out 'spy' stuff, hearing stories and trying our hand at being a spy. I'm sorry to say that I could not remember all my cover details ... so I will not be joining ASIO any time soon so ... We made our way back to our motel, picked up our bags and hit the road for Richmond Vir...

Had a well earned sleep in this morning after a huge day yesterday. Caught the Metro down to The Smithsonian and started at our first museum - the National Air and Space Museum everything air from the Wright Brothers to unmanned drones. Lunch at the American Indian History Museum then headed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - The Power of Truth. Wow! Next we heading to the American History Museum for all things American including the evolution of...

A quick breakie and a walk to our Segway Tour of Washington, DC to get our big day started. Spent 3 hours zooming around from the White House to the Capitol Building along Federal Mall, past the Washington Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial and more. Found a salad lunch place called Sweet Greens before heading to the Australian Embassy to vote in the Federal Election. Then jumped on the Metro out to Arlington Cemetery and The Pentagon. Back on the Metro to get t...

Headed to Philadelphia this morning to see the Liberty Bell and take a short tour through the Independence Buildings before trying our first Philly Cheese Steak which we purchased from Mom's voted the best Cheese Steak in Philly - very nice! Back in the car, heading south to Washington DC. Found our hotel and took a long walk around The White House - there was heightened security so we could walk along the back fence but had to take a really wide berth around th...