Sun. 4/23. Did 2 Park Ranger led walks at Manassas National Battlefield Park, VA. Henry House Hill is a location near Bull Run in Virginia, with a slow, constant rise toward the south over a length of approximately 730 meters. This hill was an important site of the battles of Continue Reading
VA
04/24 – 5/1. Shenandoah, plus
Mon. 4/24. Rest/work day. Tues. 4/25. Drove Skyline Drive to Front Royal, VA. Toured Skyline Caverns—1 of 7 in the world with “cave flowers” (anthodites) (3 caves not open to public, 1 in France) and it has many rooms full, not just a few. They are in the part of Continue Reading
05/02-7. Williamsburg, plus
Tues. 5/2. Richmond VA—visited the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar. It interprets the Civil War from perspective of Union, Confederate & African-American, in 1861 Tredegar Gun Foundry; war’s causes, course, legacies thru films, interactive displays, artifacts; picturesque views of James River. Richmond was the center of iron manufacture Continue Reading
05/08-13 North Carolina
Mon. 5/8. John fell at a gas station stop, hit his head, got a very black eye. Station attendant had parked his car in front of (blocking) the ramp for handicapped people, which is easier to walk up than the curb. Tues. 5/9. Drove to Concord (Charlotte NC). Still having Continue Reading