Headed East ('cuz I'm Not a Young Man Anymore)
 

Well, after a lifetime of putting it off, Leslie, myself, and a couple of friends are headed to Washington DC this week. Due to work complications, they're all leaving KC tomorrow by car, and I'm flying from here Sunday AM to meet them in Dayton. They'll pick me up at the airport there, we'll do a lick and a promise visit to The Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson, then end up in DC very late Sunday night.

I've already worked up a tentative plan to have dinner and drinks with Pie one evening, and although I'd like to have the time to go a couple of hours North and hook up with some of you who are more Philly located, I don't think the time is going to be there. However, anyone who might want to try and grab an evening meetup while we're in DC proper, let me know! The more the merrier, and since this is the first time I've managed to get that direction in this lifetime, it might also be the last...they don't let me out much.

We'll be doing the usual tourist thing in DC for four whirlwind days, departing on Friday AM to hit Wallops Island and Chincoteague, then a semi leisurely drive back to KC via the Southernish route.
I'm excited to finally get the chance to hit places like the Smithsonian museums, and, most importantly, Udvar-Hazy. Fortunately, our female traveling companions are being very understanding about my nerdgasm over aircraft.

I've just started mackin' on a girl in Baltimore... When you say "this week", it looks like you mean from sun/mon to friday? There's an outside outside chance i could try to get down thataway on thursday next but... not too likely.

Have a wonderful time, Spode.
Pics if you meet anyone.

Who did you lick and what was the promise?

I thought this was going to be another coming out thread.

Your going to hate it, constantly saying why don't I have a month to stay here. :haha:
Seriously, it's so big and crammed with so much boner worthy stuff. And since you're a flatlander, I should warn you when you get to Chincoteague there's things in the water that will eat you.;)

Have a great time on your prenuptial honeymoon.

Edit: Philly to Wallops Island, 178 mi, 3 hours 38 mins, of course coming north that 3.5 hours would just be the beginning, but if someone wanted to go down for a visit, it's not that bad a drive. Plus as soon as you hit the VA line you can get cheaper cigarettes.

Pics of nerdgasm please.

And any other gasms that happen to happen...

Ibby, we'll be in DC until Friday AM, then we'll drive South down the coast. Therefore, there's a four evening window of opportunity. Wallops is on the way to Chincoteague, and Bruce...I'll maybe wade in up to my ankles. Not planning on feeding anything intentionally or otherwise! There will be pics nightly as long as I'm coherent.

Well I'll be on Cape Cod where the 20 to 30 foot Great Whites have been hanging this summer, and I ain't gettin' nothin' wet... in the ocean.;)

dammit! I won't be able to meet you IRL Els! You'll be twenty min. away from me this morning at the WPAFB!!! be SURE to ask to see the aliens (project Blue Book was held at Wright-Patt) and don't let them put you off or say some BS about "no aliens around here!" coz it's all a lie as anyone who has lived in East Dayton will tell you) but have fun. Wish you could've stayed a day so we could've met up.

dammit, bruce! I WANNA go to Cape Cod! what part are you heading off to? take pics!! and if you can get to Race Point Beach- do it! (it's in P-town, don't know if you're going up that far)

I'll be staying in Harwich, but all over the cape with a group of about 20 SSR trucks. I've been committed to this for 8 months, otherwise I'd be in DC in a heartbeat. :(

I somehow missed this thread before now. It would be cool to meet you in real life, Patrick! I'm pretty busy Monday and Tuesday, and evenings can be a challenge, but any chance you will be available to meet somewhere in downtown DC for lunch on Wednesday or Thursday?

When/where is your tentative meetup with Pie? I think she lives up in Maryland somewhere. Is she coming to DC?

Hopefully we can work that out, sir. I'd enjoy that. I forgot that you work in DC. Whereabouts do you work, more or less?

I'll PM you my cell # and you can text me, and we'll try to make arrangements.

I'm near Chinatown, right by the convention center, but I can get to the touristy areas in about 10 minutes so I could meet you by the Smithsonian museums on the Mall pretty easily. The Spy Museum and the National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum are just a few blocks from me if you are going to those.

We drove right by the Chinatown "entrance" this afternoon. Not on purpose, but because we were having an argument with the GPS. So Wednesday or Thursday are the best days for you?