8/16/15 - Clinton, MD

Jim thought we should take Sunday and drive to a few sites near us while the traffic is lighter.  Tomorrow we will go back into Washington to see some of the sights.  We drove to Fort Washington.  This fort was used in the War of 1812 and the Civil War to protect Washington D.C. from attacks up the Potomac River.  Then we drove to Piscataway Park – Accokeek National Colonial Farm.  At Piscataway Park you can see George Washington’s estate Mount Vernon across the river.  Next we drove to Thomas Stone National Historic Site near Port Tobacco.  Thomas Stone was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. We had a campfire tonight.