In my town school vacation is the week of 20 April, so that does not factor into our trip to 
DC. We considered several scenarios and settled on arriving Saturday, 4 April and 
leaving on Sunday, 12 April. That will give us 6 days to see the sights, including 
Thursday and Saturday before the games.

I think you meant to say Sunday, 5th April and yes, we would be interested in attending 
the game, but my wife is not sure at this time. She would like to spend as much time as 
possible seeing the sights. We are also interested in attending the banquet if it is 
opened to fans. We have no interest in baseball so would not attend any Nationals 
games. Finally, we would be interested in Susan attending the skills clinic Saturday and 
the open skate.

I booked our room last night and with so many hotels and options it ended up taking me 
over 4 hours to decide (I hope I am happy with the decision). I used the GW Sports 
Alliance website and was surprised that there was a booking fee, but as the price on the 
site was 30% less then the hotel's online price I paid it. Also, we will be traveling from 
Boston to DC on the Amtrak.

Sean Pickett

On 27 Jul 2008 at 13:17, Mary Beth MacKinnon wrote:

> Trying to get a gauge on when people will arrive in April for
> Destination DC 2009.  As many already know, the Phrozen Phour games
> will take place on Thursday afternoon and evening downtown at the
> Verizon Center and the Final Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. 
> 
> Because it's Easter week (when most kids get school vacation),
> wondering if many of you traveling with family will entertain coming
> earlier to DC to take advantage of the museums, 
> 
> We're thinking of purchasing a block of tickets for the Sunday
> afternoon final home game between the Capitals and the Thrashers
> Sunday April 3rd at 3:00 p.m. hopefully encouraging you to come for
> the week, not just on Wednesday.  Would this be of interest to you in
> Hockey-L?
> 
> We also want to open up the banquet (projected at the awesome brand
> new facility called the Newseum with the most unbelievable view of the
> DC skyline for all who want to attend, not just the teams on
> Wednesday.  
> 
> Additionally, we're asking the Washington Nationals to try to open
> their season that week so you get to see a game in our new downtown
> stadium.  
> 
> If you've got kids who play hockey, we're going to hold open a certain
> number of slots for the skills clinic on Saturday morning taught by
> the All-Star selections at the Kettler complex, so keep it in mind.  
> 
> Mary Beth will coordinate the Saturday open skate as well as our
> Saturday Hockey-L dinner event.  
> 
> With the cost of gas these days, we ask you to consider Amtrak or fly
> into any of our three airports (BWI sometimes actually is the cheapest
> and has an Amtrak station to take you into DC).  
> 
> More updates to come.