Road trip day one

 

So we decided to do a road trip to Virginia.  Two history geeks headed to Colonial Williamsburg to revisit our country’s glorious past.

Road trip!

It’s roughly a six hour drive from Long Island.  So we decided to leave bright snd early Sunday morning,

Up at 6 AM, pack up the car, made sure everything is in order for the cat sitter … we have an excellent cat sitter, and I’m not just saying that because I’m her mom …

Said goodbye to Duchess and Shadow.  Do cats understand?  I’m not sure … but somebody crawled into my suitcase ..

A quick stop at 7-11 for coffee, and then …

South and west, past Kennedy Airport 

And headed to the Verrazano Bridge

Yes, you can see ships waiting to enter New York Harbor.

The view from the bridge

Then across Staten Island and into New Jersey.

Bought a snack at a rest stop.

Annoyed at myself, I have a ton of these at home but forgot to bring them.

Counting the cars on the  New Jersey Turnpike…they’ve all gone to look for America …

And before long

We were in Delaware for a hot minute before crossing into Maryland.

Nice view.

And then we passed the Maryland House rest stop.  It’s a. modern facility now, but in 1974 I got my first practical lesson in segregation here.    I told that story here.

Then

A little fall color

Drove around our nation’s capital.  Yes, that’s the Washington Monument in the distance,

And finally

Which had us singing 

But still miles to go …

 Richmond

And finally, Williamsburg.  Checked into our hotel (more about that later) and grabbed dinner at a chain restaurant — too tired from the long drive to seek out anything better.  Fielded three calls from the cat sitter. Then back to the hotel to relax.  Our colonial adventure begins tomorrow…