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Be open to what your plebes want and need.Another question. Are the plebes allowed to leave Annapolis during Parents weekend? In other words, if we wanted to go to DC and go sightseeing, is that allowed as long as we get her back before liberty ends? Just trying to plan…. Thanks in advance!!
They may want to lounge in the hotel/Air BnB AC wearing regulation PT gear, taking serial naps, taking a loonngg shower, catching up on social media, watching a movie on an iPad, enjoying take-out from a favorite place, just chilling and talking. The last thing they may want to do is go to DC in August in their uniforms. Or they may want to go to dinner and a movie locally, then be out of their uniforms on either side of that. Be flexible. You’ll have 4 years to have weekend visits involving local area expeditions. For PPW, this is their first non-PS-related solo trip off the Yard and away from the pressure-cooker. Let them decide what method of decompression works best for them, and despite what they think now, confirm it in one of the phone calls later in the summer.
They don’t know what they don’t know.
As @A1Janitor commented, they are free to go with you into DC.
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