Category Archives: Virginia

Mount Vernon

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Marsha Brecht

Moving south a little bit we booked a two-night stay at Pohick Bay Regional Park in Virginia. This allowed us to spend a day visiting George Washington’s Mount Vernon. It took us several hours to tour the home, the visitor … Continue reading →

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Fort Monroe, Virginia

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Our niece, Lyndsay, lives about an hour east of where we are so we went to meet her and her husband, Brett, for lunch in Hampton, Virginia, which was a half-way point. We enjoyed a good meal and conversation. Good … Continue reading →

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Colonial Williamsburg

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

“That the future may learn from the past” Colonial Williamsburg is the restored 18th-century capital of Virginia during the Revolutionary War period.  It is an historical landmark as well as a living history museum. Many of the original buildings have been restored … Continue reading →

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Historic Jamestown

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Colonial National Historical Park In 1607, Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America, 13 years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. This is the actual location of the Old Towne and the 1607 James Fort and settlement on … Continue reading →

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Great Falls Park

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Great Falls, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park on the Potomac River is about 20 minutes west of where we are camped at Greenbelt Park, MD. Maryland is on the eastern side of the river and … Continue reading →

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Jamestown and Yorktown

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

This morning we went to visit Jamestown National Historic Site, the location of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607. The first thing we see when we get there is the Tercentenary monument that was erected in 1907 … Continue reading →

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Colonial Williamsburg

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and the restored 18th-century capital of Virginia during the Revolutionary War period.  The historic area includes buildings dating from 1699 to 1780. Tour guides and shop owners wear period costumes and stay in character. Our … Continue reading →

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Move to Williamsburg

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We left the Americamps RV park in Richmond this morning and drove about 50 miles east to Williamsburg Campark. At Richmond the RV park was filled nearly to capacity because of the Easter weekend and Spring Break all this week. … Continue reading →

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Easter on Parade in Richmond VA

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Monument Avenue in Richmond is a busy multi-lane street with a center median. Today the city blocked traffic for four blocks for the Easter on Parade festivities. This is not a parade in the traditional sense. There are no marching … Continue reading →

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A Walk in the Park

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

The weather today is much nicer than it was yesterday. It’s sunny, blue skies, and about 60 degrees, slight breeze. We walked the canal walk and along the river until we came to this pedestrian bridge that is suspended from … Continue reading →

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Sculptures, Statues, and Monuments

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We moved to Americamps RV Park just north of Richmond, Virginia. We checked in early because weather reports indicated it could rain and we wanted to avoid having to get set up in the rain. The park was booked up … Continue reading →

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Natural Bridge

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We are on our way to Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown, but before we get there we stop to see one of the oldest tourist destinations in this country, Virginia’s Natural Bridge, a National Historic Landmark. There are a LOT of … Continue reading →

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Bristol, TN & VA

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

After driving 220 miles today we have decided to stop for the night at an RV park near Bristol, Tennessee. This is an interesting town, it straddles the border of Tennessee and Virginia. An appropriately named State Street divides the … Continue reading →

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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

Our plans are to stay in the Walmart parking lot in Front Royal, Virginia, tonight. They told us we had to park in the far back lot but that was filled with commercial 18-wheelers so we went to the Cracker … Continue reading →

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Moving North

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

Still slowly creeping north on our way to Washington DC to see the cherry blossoms. We’ve heard about how beautiful it is there at bloom time and we want to witness it for ourselves. Because of the harsh winter weather … Continue reading →

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Hungry Mother State Park, Virginia

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

It’s been raining the last few days so we haven’t done much at all, just drive a little, wait a little, drive, and wait. Today was much less rain and we have now crossed the Tennessee border into Virginia. Tonight … Continue reading →

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Mt. Vernon

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Marsha Brecht

I really enjoy visiting DC and hope we come back again.  But for now, we have left the Greenbelt Park and moved south.  But not very far.  George Washington’s Mt. Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens is just south of Washington … Continue reading →

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Going South

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Marsha Brecht

We’ve been on the road a lot the last few days.  We had put the RV in storage in Maryland and drove the Jeep north to New Hampshire to have Thanksgiving with the kids.  That was fun and we would … Continue reading →

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Moving On

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Marsha Brecht

There is so much to see and do in the Washington DC area, we could have stayed two weeks longer and gone through all the wonderful Smithsonian museums and saw more monuments and memorials.   However, it’s freezing overnights now and … Continue reading →

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