It was doable JoAnn but in my enthusiasm I forgot it was a granddaughter's 12th b'day 9/29 - the one who lives less than 2 hrs from us - but I will wait and see what they have planned - I checked Hotwire for hotels there seem to be deals there - the catch is fares are $$$ and we could only go for 2 nights Fri and Sat so I wanted to find direct flights from Jax into DC - United has great schedules but, of course, not cheap - I don't want to use any pts as hoping to use them for Fjords - we love DC and weather should be so nice then - don't rule us out yet - we'd love to visit DC and be part of your "gathering" although, JoAnn, you may be sick of us after Mush - Joanna


Joanna