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Traveling for Thanksgiving out of DC area? You’re not alone (Photos)

WTOP Staff

November 22, 2016, 7:56 AM

Interstate 95 rest stop, Dale City, Va. on Wednesday morning — Mary King from Brooklyn, NY., says she’s thankful for life, for being healthy, and for her and family and friends. She says, I’m just thankful.” She’s is spending Thanksgiving with her daughter, her grandchildren and her great-grand children in Portsmouth, VA. (Kathy Stewart /WTOP)
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Interstate 95 rest stop, Dale City, Va., on Wednesday morning — James Brothers with his sister Ruth Watson, his niece Charlene Watson, and his five-year-old daughter Chloe. He’s driving the family to St. George, South Carolina, from Brooklyn to spend Thanksgiving with Brothers’ other two sisters. Brothers is the baby of the family. On Saturday he flew into to New York from Texas. He says, I’m thankful to be alive and to see another year and another Thanksgiving and I hope to see many more.” Ruth Watson says she’s thankful for, “Family, friends, everyone.” Charlene Watson says that she’s, “Thankful for my family, friends and health.” (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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Rhea Walker SE, DC is thankful that she is surrounded by both family and friends. She says when she can be with her family it’s wonderful but when she can’t her friends are a great surrogate family. (Stewart/WTOP)
Rhea Walker, of D.C., missed her flight out of Reagan National on Tuesday. She’s thankful that she is surrounded by both family and friends. She says when she can be with her family, it’s wonderful, but when she can’t, her friends are a great surrogate family. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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The line at Reagan National Airport security early Tuesday morning. (Kathy Stewart/WTOP)
The line at Reagan National Airport security early Tuesday morning. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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Darrion Holloway, from Virginia Beach, and who is in his last year of law school in North Carolina, is thankful for family and friends for keeping. He says, “Very thankful for all those people who keep me grounded in life.” (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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The Rynes family in Arlington are headed to Wisconsin for a big family reunion on the farm residents . (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
The Rynes family of Arlington, Va., at Reagan National Airport, are headed to Wisconsin for a big family reunion on the farm. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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Rhea Walker SE, DC is thankful that she is surrounded by both family and friends. She says when she can be with her family it’s wonderful but when she can’t her friends are a great surrogate family. (Stewart/WTOP)
The line at Reagan National Airport security early Tuesday morning. (Kathy Stewart/WTOP)
The Rynes family in Arlington are headed to Wisconsin for a big family reunion on the farm residents . (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)

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