After a pleasant tour of the civil war museum we took a leisurely ride to Gettysburg. The battlefield is immaculately preserved, however the town is now quite large and far more touristy than I anticipated. We also went to their HD dealer who was entirely unsympathetic (even after being phoned by the dealer in Chicago). As a result we decided not to stay over and peddled onto Washington.
For the first time I can remember Andy and I disagreed on where to stay – he wanted the suburbs and me the city centre. I won as I had the satnav and phone with Internet connectivity which didn’t please Andy at all! This rather set the tone as we had a nightmare time trying to find the hotel I booked on Capitol Hill and the traffic was intense. Ultimately we found the hotel at about 8pm – OK but quiet expensive and without the parking I expected. To cap it all we then watched in amazement the early election results.
After a stroll and a pizza in the barmy evening heat good humour was restored and, given we don’t have to vacate the hotel till lunchtime, we plan to do a morning walkabout on Capitol Hill before moving south into confederate country.
PS Ultimately the HD dealer in Chicago got back to us and said ‘don’t worry about the service’.
