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Chancellorsville

Chancellorsville

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...

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The Battle of Fredericksburg

The Battle of Fredericksburg

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...

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Montpelier

Montpelier

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...

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Monticello

Monticello

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...

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Michie Tavern

Michie Tavern

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...

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Ashlawn-Highland

Ashlawn-Highland

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...

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Stanton VA

Stanton VA

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...

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Lee Chapel & Marshall Museum

Lee Chapel & Marshall Museum

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!

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Lexington VA

Lexington VA

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...

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Natural Bridge VA

Natural Bridge VA

Arrived later in the afternoon at Natural Bridge. Steve knows that he was here as a young child and has wanted to return for many a year. Came for the dramatic light show and a look at this awesome geologic feature in the evening light. It was surveyed by George...

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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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McWray Falls

McWray Falls

The whole purpose of our westward trek across middle America in the heat of summer this year has been to rendezvous with family this next weekend. When Patti and Mark mentioned plans to fly in a couple of days early, we coordinated to meet up with them this afternoon...

Moss Landing

Moss Landing

Moss Landing, California! When we arrived this afternoon we had to quickly change out of shorts and into jeans and jackets. It's overcast, misty, chilly, and downright glorious here! We've stayed here before in 2014 and remember it fondly. Like last time we made the...