Before leaving Hingham I finally was able to get a picture of this sign. Massachusetts has one for each of their towns and it's such a kick to drive from one town to another and see this sign with date of settlement started. Hard to get pictures because you don't know where the town line begins and there is no place to pull over for a quick stop and picture. It's a bummer. On this one I was lucky enough after a month to be driving towards sign and 1st at stoplight with camera next to me. ha! All these towns are so historic and have some wonderful history. Too bad so many have been neglected. Roads are terrible in most places and some are really run down while others thrive.. just like anywhere. Just interesting observations. I was taken so much with Hingham because we lived there for 5 weeks and it was so CLEAN! Loved the manicured yards and over 1800 historic homes and some still in residence of 13 generations! That is something in this young country with so littl
Our time in DC was busy as always but oh so great! Not a day under 7 miles of walking with big day being 11 miles! So good for the Grandchildren who never complained... Had wonderful senate led tour of Capital; 1st tour of White House (after trying several times to get there in past); Supreme Court tour which we all enjoyed and a 1st time to visit the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Even finally saw the Watergate hotel. Fun was had by all. Never enough time to do all but certainly made good use of time we had.
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