Seeing that some of you attended Gallaudet or live in DC, I thought this might be an appropriate location to ask this question.
I am going to Gallaudet for a conference (Thursday) next week (is anyone here going?). The plan was for me to drive to DC on Wednesday, attend conference, and leave DC Friday at 8 am. I am staying at the hotel on campus or something like that for Wednesday and Thursday evening.
Here is the problem, I'm terrified of high traffic city/highway driving. I refuse to drive on the beltway. I'm more of a single lane or double lane highway, none of those 3 lane deals.
Anyway, I have a few ideas floating in my head.
1) Drive into DC after midnight so there isn't any traffic (?) and park in the parking garage on 6th street. However, but the hotel is booked with another girl who is attending conference that I don't know and I don't want to go into the room while she is sleeping. It also means I might not be fully alert on Thursday. I could sleep in my car?
2) Drive outside of the city, Twinbrook or Rockford (?) and park at a metro station and take the metro into the city. I don't know if I can park at the metro station overnight though. The impression I got from the website is that it closes. I also need to be back at my car at 8 am on Friday. I'm heading south-west after conference, so I would be open to other metro stations also.
3) Drive to an airport (Baltimore?) and park there since it would be ok if I did overnight parking. And take public transportation into the city.
Does anyone else see any other options? Or details I missed in the consideration of these options?
thanks!
a girl who gets lost easily.
I am going to Gallaudet for a conference (Thursday) next week (is anyone here going?). The plan was for me to drive to DC on Wednesday, attend conference, and leave DC Friday at 8 am. I am staying at the hotel on campus or something like that for Wednesday and Thursday evening.
Here is the problem, I'm terrified of high traffic city/highway driving. I refuse to drive on the beltway. I'm more of a single lane or double lane highway, none of those 3 lane deals.
Anyway, I have a few ideas floating in my head.
1) Drive into DC after midnight so there isn't any traffic (?) and park in the parking garage on 6th street. However, but the hotel is booked with another girl who is attending conference that I don't know and I don't want to go into the room while she is sleeping. It also means I might not be fully alert on Thursday. I could sleep in my car?
2) Drive outside of the city, Twinbrook or Rockford (?) and park at a metro station and take the metro into the city. I don't know if I can park at the metro station overnight though. The impression I got from the website is that it closes. I also need to be back at my car at 8 am on Friday. I'm heading south-west after conference, so I would be open to other metro stations also.
3) Drive to an airport (Baltimore?) and park there since it would be ok if I did overnight parking. And take public transportation into the city.
Does anyone else see any other options? Or details I missed in the consideration of these options?
thanks!
a girl who gets lost easily.