My dad and I decided to take S and L over to Great Falls and it was a really windy, cold day spent chasing the girls on the mule path, making sure they wouldn't fall over the steep edge to the roaring Potomac below!! In the end, they were totally curious about the old mules that pull the barges, so we spent a lot of time talking with the young girl (dressed in her colonial garb) about Bessie and her pal...and yes, they still do the whole barge field trip from way back...in fact their was a class there that day and we got to see them go into the lock and move on down the canal! nothing changes...