Central Florida (without the hoopla)

We are going to Florida for Easter week this year.  This is our plans. We have a relative that lives in Winter Haven so I focused our fun around there.

This is an 6 day trip...leaving from Milan, TN.

D1) Friday

7am - Leave Home

1230pm to 230pm - Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site - 450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA
Free
Visitor Center, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Firestation No 6 and Freedom Hall Daily 9-5
Birth Home 10-4
JR Program

9pm - Hotel - Days Inn - 2930 Polynesian Isle Blvd, Kissimmee, FL
(We stayed in room 251. The a/c didn't work great but it wasn't terrible.  The hotel wasn't spectacular but it suited our needs and was comfortable)

D2) Saturday

8am -Leave Hotel

930am to 1pm - Canaveral National Seashore - Playalinda Beach - 17 Olsen Rd, Sharpes, FL
$5 per car
6am to 6pm
JR Program
Visitor Center 9-5, Eldora Statehouse (Fri-Sun) 12-4, Seminole Rest (Wed-Sun) 12-4

Follow (FL- 3) 
Stops:
*Manatee Observation Deck
to (US Hwy 1)
*Seminole Rest
to left on (FL A1A)
*Eldora Hammock Trail - 0.5 mile
*Canaveral National Seashore Visitor Center

230pm to 530pm - Lori Wilson Park - 1500 N Atlantic Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL
Beach, Boardwalk, Sand Dunes

540pm to 830pm - Cocoa Beach Pier - 401 Meade Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL
Dinner-Shop-Relax
Hours: 7am to 10pm

D3) Sunday

Easter

D4) Monday

8am - Leave Hotel

930am to 330pm - Clearwater Marine Aquarium - 249 Windward Passage, Clearwater, FL
Hours: 9-6
Admission: A$21.95, K$16.95
Winter's Dolphin Tale Adventure - Free with General Admission
Feed Rufus (4x6 Photo) $30
Photo w/ a Dolphin (2-4people) $60
Photo w/ Winter (2-4people) $160
*other combos and opportunites on website

515pm - Dinner/Hotel

D5) Tuesday

430am - Leave Hotel

600am to 9:30am - Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge - 1502 SE Kings Bay Drive, Crystal River, FL
Visitor Center 8-4
Free
*Three Sisters Spring Boardwalk Tour - 

$15 Adults $5 Kids

*Swim with Manatees Tour 6:15a-9:15a $65 person

River Ventures Tour Company
November 15-April 30 1030a-330p
*Kings Spring

10am to 10:30am - Picnic Lunch

1030am to 2:30pm - Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park - 4150 S Suncoast Blvd, Homosassa, FL

Hours: 9-530
Admission: A$13, K$5
Pepper Creek Birding Trail - 0.75mile
Visitor Center
Boat Tours- Free with General Admission
Nature Trail - 1.10mile

 

4p - Hotel

D6) Wednesday

Drive Home

Washington DC

This trip is 9 days.  I could have filled it up with at least another week but because I am not independently wealthy, we have jobs to get back to and bills to pay!

Day 1)
7AM - Leave Home
2 - 30 minute Gas/Rest Stops
8PM - Arrive at Hotel in Bethesda, MD

Day 2)
9AM - Leave Hotel

915AM to 11AM - Rock Creek Park - Nature Center and Planetarium - 5200 Glover Rd NW
Free Planetarium tickets available 30 minutes prior to show
Open: Wednesday thru Sunday 9-5

1115AM to 1145AM - Peirce Mill and Barn - 2401 Tilden St
Free
April-Dec, Wed-Sun 10-4

12PM to 1230PM - Old Stone House - 3051 M St NW
Daily 11-6
Free

*Rock Creek Park Headquarters - 3545 Williamsburg Lane NW

1235PM to 1PM - Francis Scott Key Memorial Park - 34th and M St
Free
*Star Spangled Banner Monument

115PM to 3PM - Arlington House & Arlington Cemetery - National Park Service
Free
Daily 9-530
*JFK Grave
*Tomb of the Unknowns
*National Cemetery Visitors Center

310PM to 330PM - LBJ Memorial Grove - Lady Bird Johnson Park
Open 6a-10p
Free
NPS

335PM to 345PM - Pentagon Memorial - 1 Rotary Rd, Arlington, VA
Free

415PM -Greenbelt Park - 6565 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD
Camp - $16

Day 3)
730AM - Leave Camp

8AM - Park @ East Potomac Park - 1100 Ohio Drive SW

National Mall - National Park Service

815AM to 845AM - Jefferson Memorial
Free
Open 24 Hrs

915AM to 10AM - Washington Monument
9-5
Free tickets online

1015AM to 1215PM - US Holocaust Memorial Museum - 100 Rauol Wallenberg Pl SW
Free - Advance $1 Online
1215-1230 - grab a sandwich at museum cafe and walk to next destination

1245PM to 130PM - White House Visitor Center - 1450 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Free
730-4

145PM to 2PM - Layfayette Park - Northern Trail

220PM to 245PM - The Ellipse

3PM to 315PM - WWII Memorial

330PM to 345PM - Albert Einstein Memorial - 2101 Constitution Ave NW

345PM to 415PM - Constitution Gardens
*Reflecting Pool
*56 Signers Memorial
*Vietnam Vet Memorial
*Lock Keepers House
*DC War Memorial

430PM to 445PM - Lincoln Memorial
Free
24 Hrs

5PM to 515PM - MLK Jr Memorial

530PM to 6PM - FDR Memorial

615PM - Back to Car

645PM - Greenbelt Park - Campsite

*Bring Snacks
*Food Vendors Available

D4)
8AM - Leave Camp

Park @ Colonial Pepco Parking Garage - $15
Walk to Gallery Place Chinatown, take the Green to L'Enfant Plaza - Arrive 836AM
10 Minute walk to...
845AM to 930AM - Smithsonian Castle
FREE

945AM to 12PM - National Museum of American History
FREE

12PM to 1230PM - Lunch

1235PM to 230PM - National Museum of Natural History
FREE

245PM to 315PM - National Archives
FREE
10-530

330PM to 345PM - Peterson House
FREE

4PM to 530PM - Fords Theatre - 511 10th St SW
$2.50
One Destiny - 35 min. @ 430PM
Museum - 30 min. @ 4PM

7 min walk to car

615PM - Greenbelt Park Campsite

D5)
830AM - Leave Camp

9AM - Park @ Colonial Pepco Parking Garage

905AM to 11AM - International Spy Museum - 800 F St NW
9a-7p
A$21.95, K$14.95

1105AM to 1PM - National Museum of Crime and Punishment - 575 7th St NW
9a-7p
Web tickets A$18, K$14

110PM to 120PM - Gallery Place Chinatown Metro

130PM to 230PM - Carter G Woodson Home NHS
Free

245PM Shaw Metro
249PM Arrive Gallery Place
3PM Car

310PM to 330PM - Lincoln Park
*Emancipation Statue
Free

4PM to 5PM - Theodore Roosevelt Island - George Washington Memorial Parkway
FREE
NPS
6a-10p
*Theodore Roosevelt Statue

520PM to 530PM - Woodrow Wilson House - 2340 S St NW
No Entry-Just Photo

6PM - Greenbelt Park Campsite

D6)

8AM - Leave Camp

Park @ Colonial Hall of the States $15
12 min walk...

845AM to 1030AM - US Capitol Building - 1st St & E Capitol St
830-430 Monday -Saturday
FREE
*Capitol Visitor Center
Book Tour Online in Advance

1045AM to 12PM - US Botanic Garden
FREE
*Ulysses S Grant Memorial

1215PM to 1PM - Lunch

115PM to 130PM - Library of Congress - Photo

145PM to 2PM - US Supreme Court - Photo

215PM - Union Station Metro
*DC Visitor Center - 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
*Old Post Office Tower
*Washington DC Gift Shop - 801 K ST NW - Mt Vernon Square
*Union Station - Destination DC Gift Shop

Greenbelt Park Campsite

D7)
8AM - Leave Camp

845AM to 145PM - George Washingtons Mount Vernon - 3200 Mount Vernon Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA
8-5
A$17, K$9

215PM - Prince William Forest Park - 18100 Park Headquarters Road, Triangle, VA
Camp - $20

D8)
9AM - Leave Camp

10AM to 12PM - Steven F Udvar-Hazy Air/Space Museum - 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA
FREE
10a-530p

7PM - Hotel in Knoxville, TN

D9)
9AM - Leave Hotel

Visit Sunsphere - Leave Knoxville -10AM

3PM - Home

Other Interests:
President Lincoln's Cottage - 140 Rock Creek Church Road - A$15, K$5
Monday-Saturday 930-430, Sunday 1030-430

Great Falls Park