In Virginia
An evening stroll in and along the York River
where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay.
On the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
This chimney is the remains of a house built by John Smith
for Chief Powhatan, the father of Pocahontas.
George Washington secured the colonial victory here when
General Lord Cornwallis surrendered to close the Revolutionary War,
with the victory at Yorktown just across the river.
The Fort was re-enforced by the Confederates and then occupied by Union forces.
Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
US presidents John Tyler and James Monroe, as well as,
Confederate States President Jefferson Davis are buried here.
Jefferson Davis' grave site.
John Tyler's grave site.
James Monroe's grave site.
The Pyramid, a monument to the fallen Confederate soldiers.
Following the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
National Historic Trail.
James Madison's birthplace.
Madison's plantation and on the
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.
More presidents on the
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.
Back into Pennsylvania.
We skipped the Shenandoah National Park
so Judy's terrible rash could be treated
at Hershey Medical Center.
Pickleball players in Hershey Thousand Trails.
Tournament Champion! holding trophy WAAAY
out front so it appears even LARGER!
The new facilities are impressive.
Downtown Gettysburg.
David Wills house in downtown Gettysburg where
Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address.
All things Lincoln.
National Cemetery at Gettysburg.
Warfield Ridge (above) overlooks the Devil's Den (below).
The National Park sign for the record!
Cornwall Furnace near Hershey TT. An Iron Plantation.
The plantation's replacement manor house.
The original made this one look small.
The bottom of the furnace, where the pig iron
was removed and formed into bars.
On a trip to the Lancaster Costco where
a Amish buggy barn is supplied.
A stop in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Wheeling National Heritage Area
includes the Eastern Legacy of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition.
And the first Capitol of West Virginia.
West Virginia separated from Virginia
because of slavery issues and became a state during the Civil War,
as a slave state!
Crossing the Ohio River into Wheeling.
Visiting Indiana-mostly family.
Indian Lakes Thousand Trails undergoing a
multi-million dollar make-over.
I'm told it includes new pickleball courts.
We visited my Aunt Phyllis during the Bradford Picnic.
Across the road at the grave of her grandfather, my great grandfather.
Judy's sister and husband are always great company
and usually beat us at euchre.
In Kentucky.
We almost always take a side trip to the Rough River
lake houses of my brothers.
Eric in the center and Stephen on the right.
Kids are always having fun.
In Alabama.
Doing 55 mph on dry, straight, empty 4 lane highway
is the only place to have this experience.
It was still nerve-racking.
An experienced "artist" had us back on the road in a matter of
2 and 1/2 hours!
We were only 4 hours from our place in Tallahassee
when this happened,
but we took two rainy days more to get there.
The RV is in the body shop now.
