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Stopped by the Chancellorsville Visitor's Center and then drove the battlefield tour with and audio CD. It took us all day because we often stopped and got out of the car to walk the trail or stand in the field and to ponder the importance of the events that took...
Although no battle per se happened at this place, Guinea Station is an important location in the history of the Army of Northern Virginia. As a railroad station it served as a Confederate supply depot. Late in 1862 Confederate troops camped there. There was one...
Animated Map Video Tuesday we visited Fredericksburg. Thank heavens for the National Park Visitor Center and the orientation movie. After immersing ourselves in the events of those December 1862 days and nights, we walked the trail along the stone wall. In the years...
Montpelier Video Madison Biography Spent the best part of the Monday at Montpelier, the home of James and Dolley Madison. It's an incredible place, still undergoing restoration. Too much to see all at one time. It was incredible to stand in the room where the Father...
Park Video Interactive Park Video On Sunday we spent several hours at Monticello touring the house and grounds and learning more about the 3rd US President and his times. The home is wonderful and the restoration is impeccable considering the fact that all of...
Tavern Tour Video We lunched at Michie Tavern where the modern restaurant still serves the kind of food that you might have eaten at the tavern if you were traveling two hundred years ago. Afterwards we toured the tavern and learned more about living and traveling in...
Home Discovery Tour Monroe at Ashlawn-Highland Saturday we visited the James Monroe home, Ashlawn-Highland where we had a private tour and learned a lot about the 5th U.S. President. The original portion of the house is amazingly modest but comfortable. The...
Home Tour Video Biography Video We cannot pass up the opportunity to visit a Presidential site. So we had to visit Staunton VA and the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson. We were fascinated and want to return. Perhaps for a Veteran's Day Parade so we can see the Pierce...
Spent the better part of the day in the heart of Lexington. Visited the Lee Chapel and office on the campus of Washington and Lee University and at the George C. Marshall Museum on the campus of Virginia Military Institute. So much to learn!
After a morning at Natural Bridge, we wandered into Lexington VA and were able to tour the Stonewall Jackson Home and learn more about that gifted military leader. Also went onto the campus of Virginia Military Institute. There's more to see here. May have to return...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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The purpose of our trek to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham in the southwest of London was to see a recently recovered bronze bust of the Emperor Caligula but we discovered so much more in the recently restored 18th Century “little Gothic castle” built by Horace Walpole.
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.