DAY 51 - GREENWOOD VA - WILLIAMSBURG VA.



A 350 year old Willow Tree



Cotton Fields

The Mansion

Enroute to the Plantation



Entrance to the Plantation



Part of the Grounds at the Plantation



Back of the Mansion



Today we travelled 135 miles to Williamsburg and another scenic drive it was.   Stopped at McDonalds for breakfast as all of us seemed unusually hungry even though it was only 10:00 a.m.   On arrival at Williamsburg we visited the Shirley Plantation which is the oldest Plantation in Virginia.   Very interesting to be guided through the Mansion by a very bright and knowledgeable 83 year old lady.   This Plantation has been passed on to 14 generations so far - and the oldest son (not married at 46) resides on the 2nd floor.   We toured the Main floor and saw everything as it used to be.    153 slaves were on this plantation in 1862  - hard to imagine.    One of the other sons drove us in his Pick-up truck to and from our RV's which we had to park a little ways away from the Plantation.   Staying tonight at Anvil Campground and had a lovely meal at the 'Red Lobster' again....reason being....all us girls had laundry to do and the men felt sorry for us!!

DAY 50 - WASHINGTON - GREENWOOD, VIRGINIA

Typiucal of the Drive

View from the top of Shenandoah Park

Left Washington at around 8:00 a.m. after our normal time of prayer.  We are so grateful for God's hand upon all of our Rigs - it's been amazing.    Bob was the leader today and what a pretty drive we experienced.   After about 45 minutes we stopped at the Virginia Welcome Building and there received lots of interesting material about Virginia - plus they offered to take our photo under the 'welcome' sign.   Very friendly people.   Virginia is beautiful - I thought the scenery couldn't get any better but this was gorgeous - trees...trees...trees and so clean and fresh.   When we arrived at the entrance to Shenandoah Park we were told that we should take a different route after a certain point - as the overpass clearance would be too low for our Rigs!   We stopped at a lovely rest area at the top for lunch and as you can see took some pictures.    Ended up arriving at Misty Mountain RV Park around 3:15 p.m.   Surprised to see that a Music Festival was being held on the grounds (NOT Gospel!!) but were assured that it would end around 9 p.m.    Bob is going to barbeque Hamburgers for supper!

DAY 49 - WASHINGTON D.C.

Well no pictures or story today!   I woke up with a bad cold - Bob's knee was bothering him - so we both unfortunately couldn't join the others on another trip into Washington.   I was disappointed as was looking forward to seeing more of the highlights but was thankful that we got to see so much yesterday.    Bob is enjoying watching the Lions play tonight on his Satelite TV and I am having an early night!

DAY 48 - WASHINGTON D.C.

Korean War Memorial

Inside the Court of Appeal

Two close brothers map it out!

The White House

Pool of Reflecting

Left early this morning - first on the Metro Bus that came right to our RV Park and then 2 Sub-ways into Washington.  As you probably have gathered we don't drive our Rigs right in the heart of the City - I don't think that would be very smart!!   Everything was very clean and no food stands on the street corners - also not a lot of restaurants where we got off the sub-way so needless to say we ended up asking if we could use the washroom at the Court of Appeal (2nd highest court in America)!!    We had to go through security - just to go to the washroom!!  They were very friendly there.   Did quite a bit of walking - saw the White House, The Treasury Board (the same picture that's on the American $10 bill) the Pool of Reflecting, Korean War Memorial, 2nd World War Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam War Memorial.    It was a pretty walk down to view these places near the White House and we came across many runners - who we thought might be White House staff exercising.

Then we moved on to the Holocaust Museum - and my oh my what an interesting and sombreing place.   When we left and realized we had been there 4 hours it seemed impossible as the time went by so fast.    To hear stories from survivors and what they went through was just hard to describe.  An incredible place. 

DAY 47 - LANCASTER - WASHINGTON D.C.

Our Campsite at Washington DC.

The weather suddenly turned for the worst last night and we even debated whether we would stay another day in the Amish Country - rather than risk driving in treacherous conditions.  However it started to brighten by 11:30 and so we decided to make our way to Washington.   Don very kindly took Sue, Jan & I went to an Amish Quilt shop leaving at 8:30 - found that one of the bridges was closed due to flooding but Don quickly found an alternate route for which we were very grateful.   Lots of interesting hand made items to see - the man wouldn't let us take his picture but he was pleasant however.    Gil led the way today on our journey to Washington and other than just one pit stop we arrived at our Campsite around 3:30.

DAY 46 - LANCASTER - PENNSYLVANIA

Bob gives Abraham Lincoln some advice!

Today we all went to Gettysburg.    This was important to all of us and we are so glad we went.   Started with the 360 degree Imax presentation.    Afterwards we took an escalator up to where we saw a fabulous lifelike view of the war - Confederates against the Union.   I have attached the art work that we viewed.  I have seen some Epic movies over the years so this was particularly interesting to me.   It was a 90 minute drive home and then it was grocery shopping and pooled Nachos!    Fun!

DAY 45 - LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA

Group Picture Taken at the Amish Farm

Our Tour Buggy

Means of transport in Amish country

This is Amish Country!   Very interesting seeing people living 'back in time' driving around in horse and buggies - no electricity in their homes - really quite an experience.  We did a tour of an Amish Farm - took a Horse and Buggy ride there and as you can see by the photos - quite interesting.  Little surprised at the condition of the Dairy Farm - not particularly well maintained - however we were very glad we saw it.   The guys 'hung out' while us girls scouted out the Amish Gift Shop and then we partook of an Amish Feast.   They served us with as much food as we wanted - started off with a bean salad (which they called chow chow) cole slaw (which was excellent) - raisin bread with fabulous icing and buns.  Main course was Fried Chicken, Beef, Sausage, Mashed Potatoes, Vegetable Medley, Chicken Pot Pie  and then finished off with 'Shoo-fly pie" and Apple Crumble with Ice-Cream.  What a FEAST!   Excellent to say the Least!