POTOMAC RIVER DUCK TOURS

WHEN MY SON WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD, MY BROTHER AND I TOOK A DUCK TOUR OF THE POTOMAC RIVER THAT WAS JUST OPPOSITE THE CAPITOL BILDING. WE BOARDED THE DUCK AT AT THE TRAIN STATION IN DC. THE DUCKS ARE WORLD WAR II COAST GUARD VEHICHLES THAT TRAVEL ON LAND AND WATER. THEY ARE AN AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE MADE FOR THE MILITARY. THEY WERE BUILT AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. THERE WERE 21,000 PURCHASED AT ONE TIME. THE WORK FORCE WAS MAINLY WOMEN WORKING FOR THE WAR EFFORT. THEY CAN FOUND IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

WHILE WE TRAVELED UNDER SOME OF THE OLD BRIDGES WE REALIZED THE EFFORT IT TAKES TO BUILD THESE STRUCTURES. WE TRAVELED TO COLUMBIA ISLAND AND THEN TO GRAVELLY POINT. THEY HAD A NARRATOR WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE SIGHTS ALONG THE SIGHTS ALONG OUR JOURNEY HE SPOKE ABOUT THE MONUMENTS, THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN D.C. BEFORE WE ENTERED THE RIVER. IT WAS VERY FUN AS THE VEHICLE IS VERY TALL MOBILE. ONCE WE WENT INTO THE WATER WE SAW LARGE AIRCRAFT LANDING AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT. THE SOUND WAS UNBELIEVABLY LOUD. WE ALSO VIEWED THE MUSEUMS OF THE SMITHSONIAN. WE LEARNED SOME HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT THE CITY AND THE MONUMENT. IT WAS TRULY AN EXCITING TOUR! IT REMINDED ME OF THE DUCKS WE HAD RIDDEN WHEN I WAS SMALL AT WISCONSIN DELLS.

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