Amtrak's Capitol Limited Washington D.C. to Chicago

    

                                  Homeward Bound

At Union Station in D.C.  Lots of shops and great restaurants here!

Looking down

In the Great Hall

Boarding

Wine for mommy!

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Roundhouse in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

We made a late reservation for dinner and then had to wait a bit longer as it was very busy.

Dining car

Fantastic food!

We actually DID have seats, but spent little time in them. 

Amtrak has GREAT coffee!

Boarded the Empire Builder at Chicago for the trip home. Videos here.
                                                                                                               Russman's Spot youtube

Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

Big Jellyfish

Huge jellyfish!

Bull Run Manassas National Battlefield Park

                   
                                         

                                                                               Link to the Park

          The stone house, one of only two original buildings left intact after the war. It was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century.

Stonewall Jackson

The Henry House on Henry Hill. Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in the background.

Original memorial

Henry House

Learning about muskets.

Looking out from the Visitors Center

Inside the museum

Henry Hill Visitors Center

Went out for pho after

and pad thai