Thread for Seeking Travel Advice

[Satchmo Distel]

Our tentative revised plans for July and August are fortnights in Puerto Rico and Washington DC respectively, the latter via a car sleeper train from Sanford, FL.

I am wondering on precautions. Is Puerto Rico the same routine as a normal domestic flight? Is D.C. going to be open and, if not, is the trip still worthwhile? I would like to do USHMM and the Library of Congress, for example.

Driving over to NYC, I am wondering if there's anything marking or commemorating the old jazz sites in Harlem and on 52nd Street. There were proposals in the 70s to put down street pavers to mark the sites but I don't know if they bore fruit.

[ursus arctos]

There has yet to be any comprehensive commemoration of Swing Street (or its Harlem equivalent on 133rd)

These maps may be of interest
https://popspotsnyc.com/jazz_clubs/

DC's public spaces are still largely closed, but I would think that there is a good chance that will change by fall

The Post has been keeping a running tally
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md...s-coronavirus/

There are other things to do in the District, but the museums have always been the major draw for me

In normal circumstances, Puerto Rico has the same formalities as a standard domestic flight. I wouldn't expect those to change.

[Satchmo Distel]

Many thanks. I am also still on the hunt for that Beatles piece at NYPL.

[ursus arctos]

And I remain on the waiting list to get it for you

Given that the AutoTrain drops you in Lorton, you might consider Old Town Alexandria or Mount Vernon on the way into the district. The former has some outstanding Vietnamese restaurants, as well as being pleasant to explore on foot.

[Satchmo Distel]

Many thanks again.

[Tactical Genius]

And I remain on the waiting list to get it for you

Given that the AutoTrain drops you in Lorton, you might consider Old Town Alexandria or Mount Vernon on the way into the district. The former has some outstanding Vietnamese restaurants, as well as being pleasant to explore on foot.

My one and only time in Mount Vernon, I ended up in the middle of a shootout. That was back in 95 so hopefully It has improved somewhat.

[ursus arctos]

Was that the "other" Mount Vernon?

I don't recall a shootout at George Washington's plantation.

[Tactical Genius]

Was that the "other" Mount Vernon?

I don't recall a shootout at George Washington's plantation.

Ah, I meant New York, north of Harlem