Well that sounds like amazing fun. :)

Carnation,
maybe we are distant cousins! Charles II is reportedly my 8th great grandfather
Lady Margaret Douglas is my 12th great grandmother according to familysearch. I have however researched documents myself back to my first generation ancestors. on my father's side there is James Stuart 1750 born in Cumberland Virginia; on my mother's side Rebecca Stuart born 1710 in Ireland and died 1781 Rockbridge VA.

My husband is a Douglas but I have only been able to document his father's line back to Archibald born 1643 to George. We even tried DNA to connect back through 1500's.

I would love to return to Charleston, SC for a return visit. I've been there three times, but my last trip was in 1992.

If I ever return to DC, I'd visit Washington Monument. The multiple times we've been to our nation's capital, that site has always been temporarily closed for reinforcement/reconstruction or security reasons.

As far as a first visit, the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in NYC would likely hold my interest for a few days.

I found it difficult to be there for very long. Really difficult.