Follow the yellow brick road?
I’ll be going on a service trip in about four weeks, and before I go with my six other teammates, we’re going to take a day trip. A mini-sabbatical, if you will. Clear our heads. Focus our minds on our purpose of the trip. Bond with the team. The question is – where does one go for a day trip where six other people that also live in the area haven’t been? Everyone’s done the Charlottesville, Annapolis, Richmond thing.
Personally, and I don’t know why because I’ve never even been there, I’m thinking about Wilmington, Delaware.
Can you help me? Where should we go?
Requirements: within 2 hours driving (each way) from DC; has some activities but also things that can be considered “down time” like lunch, shopping, sightseeing, etc.; and lastly, it needs to be reasonable in the expenses department as there are some near-college-grads going (not me, sigh).
Do not go to Wilmington, Delaware! I have spent many an afternoon in Wilmington waiting for buses. There is nothing there.
How about Harper’s Ferry? That’s doable and very scenic.
Oooo… I’ve heard of Harper’s Ferry. Do you know how far it is from general DC-ish area?
65 miles to Harper’s Ferry
108 miles to Wilmington
Here’s a link to the Harper’s NPS site:
http://www.nps.gov/hafe/home.htm
Harper’s Ferry is worth it – great trip, at least it was the last time I went, which was over 10 years ago.
Lancaster, PA. Alternatively, Hershey, PA.