Margi & Ed's Excellent Adventure: 10/4: D.C. to Atlanta

We were able to squeeze in a couple more museums today before we had to leave D.C. I spent to much time in the Native American museum and we had to rush through the Air and Space museum. Margi was a bit miffed about that. We may have to make another trip here.

Amtrak messed up our reservations again. They have tried charging us extra twice before, but have always reversed them out after Margi challenged them. Today was a little different. Margi had called in our reservations before we left Hartford for 3 legs (D.C., Atlanta, New Orleans). When we got to the Hartford terminal, they told us that there were no reservations and we should add them again. When we called to check on 10/3, we learned there were no reservations. They fixed the reservations and we asked for a confirmation email. All we got was an email with no contents. All was well, or so we thought.. On the evening of 10/4, when we went to check in at the D.C. terminal, they told us we would need to pay their $45 late fee per passenger since we had no reservations. Margi was able to convince them that it was their mistake and they issued new tickets for us all the way to El Paso. We had our bags checked to our next stop of Atlanta. Once again we thought that all was well until 1/2 hour before boarding time. When we double checked the dates on our tickets they had entered 10/6 as the departure date for both the Atlanta and New Orleans destinations. We ended up paying the $90 and boarded for Atlanta at the last minute.

Anyway, on our way to Georgia we passed through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,