Conference Events:
Sunday, 17 May 2015:
Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center
Come see the history of aircraft from a
Spad XVI to an SR-71 to the Space Shuttle Columbia. This all-day tour is a must for all aviation buffs.
Transportation to/from the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Departing at 0900, returning to the hotel at 1700.
Cost: $50 including lunch on site.
For more information, check out the website:
http://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center/
Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center
Come see the history of aircraft from a
Spad XVI to an SR-71 to the Space Shuttle Columbia. This all-day tour is a must for all aviation buffs.
Transportation to/from the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Departing at 0900, returning to the hotel at 1700.
Cost: $50 including lunch on site.
For more information, check out the website:
http://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center/
Sunday, 17 May 2015:
Sunday Evening Mixer
Start the conference week off right with a drink and light hors d'oeuvres with your fellow SAWE members. If weather permits we hope to have this down on the banks of the Potomac River about a block from the Hotel.
5PM to 7PM
Cost: $10 for light hors d'oeuvres (not dinner). Cash bar.
Sunday Evening Mixer
Start the conference week off right with a drink and light hors d'oeuvres with your fellow SAWE members. If weather permits we hope to have this down on the banks of the Potomac River about a block from the Hotel.
5PM to 7PM
Cost: $10 for light hors d'oeuvres (not dinner). Cash bar.
Monday, 18 May 2015:
Tour of Mt. Vernon Estate
Come walk in the footsteps of one of our Founding Fathers and the first president of the United States. See the restored mansion, the working farm (including the sixteen-sided barn designed by George), the tombs of George and Martha, and the extensive lawns and gardens. Or pull up a rocking chair on the porch and watch the river activity as George must have done over 200 years ago. If time permits we will also visit the restored Grist Mill and Distillery.
Tour includes transportation to/from the hotel and lunch at the Mt. Vernon Inn.
Departs 0830, return to hotel at 1630
Cost: $60 (includes tickets and lunch)
Website: http://www.mountvernon.org/
Tour of Mt. Vernon Estate
Come walk in the footsteps of one of our Founding Fathers and the first president of the United States. See the restored mansion, the working farm (including the sixteen-sided barn designed by George), the tombs of George and Martha, and the extensive lawns and gardens. Or pull up a rocking chair on the porch and watch the river activity as George must have done over 200 years ago. If time permits we will also visit the restored Grist Mill and Distillery.
Tour includes transportation to/from the hotel and lunch at the Mt. Vernon Inn.
Departs 0830, return to hotel at 1630
Cost: $60 (includes tickets and lunch)
Website: http://www.mountvernon.org/
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Free Day
We are doing something a bit different this year. There is so much to see and do in Washington DC that we decided to leave Tuesday free so people can explore this area on their own or in their own groups. The hotel will provide transportation to the Metro station and we will provide a $10 Metro card which should get you there and back again. We will provide suggestions for how to spend the day and the rest is up to you.
Cost: FREE!
Free Day
We are doing something a bit different this year. There is so much to see and do in Washington DC that we decided to leave Tuesday free so people can explore this area on their own or in their own groups. The hotel will provide transportation to the Metro station and we will provide a $10 Metro card which should get you there and back again. We will provide suggestions for how to spend the day and the rest is up to you.
Cost: FREE!
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Shopping Spree
Old Town Alexandria offers many unique shops, galleries, and restaurants. Join us for an outing to explore Old Town and National Harbor. First stop will be the Torpedo Factory to watch artists at work in their galleries and perhaps purchase a work of art. Then we'll have some free time in Old Town before lunch at one of the many restaurants in the area. After lunch we'll take the water taxi under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and across the river to National Harbor where you can visit more shops or take the shuttle to the nearby Tanger Outlet stores.
Time: 0930 (walk or take hotel shuttle to King Street), return from National Harbor around 1600.
Cost: $40
Websites: http://www.visitalexandriava.com/ http://www.nationalharbor.com/
Shopping Spree
Old Town Alexandria offers many unique shops, galleries, and restaurants. Join us for an outing to explore Old Town and National Harbor. First stop will be the Torpedo Factory to watch artists at work in their galleries and perhaps purchase a work of art. Then we'll have some free time in Old Town before lunch at one of the many restaurants in the area. After lunch we'll take the water taxi under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and across the river to National Harbor where you can visit more shops or take the shuttle to the nearby Tanger Outlet stores.
Time: 0930 (walk or take hotel shuttle to King Street), return from National Harbor around 1600.
Cost: $40
Websites: http://www.visitalexandriava.com/ http://www.nationalharbor.com/
Thursday, 21 May 2015
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
After being cooped up in a hotel all week talking about mass properties, what better way to end the week than to see nature's power out among the Potomac River's rapids and to see how man out-maneuvered the river by building the C&O Canal. For almost 100 years the canal was a major transportation route to bring commerce from the frontier to the nation's capital and even today the old mule towpath runs over 180 miles from Washington to Cumberland, Maryland.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park a twenty minute ride North of the hotel and had easy walking boardwalks and trails out to the islands that makes the Potomac unnavigable even today. Here you can see how and why the canal was built and you can even see how it was travelled in the early 1800's by riding a restored, working canal boat up the canal, powered by a real mule team.
Time: Depart hotel 0800, Return 1200
Cost: $30
Website: http://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
After being cooped up in a hotel all week talking about mass properties, what better way to end the week than to see nature's power out among the Potomac River's rapids and to see how man out-maneuvered the river by building the C&O Canal. For almost 100 years the canal was a major transportation route to bring commerce from the frontier to the nation's capital and even today the old mule towpath runs over 180 miles from Washington to Cumberland, Maryland.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park a twenty minute ride North of the hotel and had easy walking boardwalks and trails out to the islands that makes the Potomac unnavigable even today. Here you can see how and why the canal was built and you can even see how it was travelled in the early 1800's by riding a restored, working canal boat up the canal, powered by a real mule team.
Time: Depart hotel 0800, Return 1200
Cost: $30
Website: http://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm
