Organizing Theory & Artistry
I got lost on the way to our destination on Day 18. Some of the stops were intentional, like following a sign about “Deep Bottom,” which turned out to be a portion of the James River that is 35 feet deep. Virginia is so loaded …
On Day 17 we revisited the Civil War brochure and picked out another cluster of sites, this time south of Richmond. The route to our first destination seemed odd to me. I was used to driving along country roads to get to most of the …
Entering the fourth and final week of our Richmond adventures, I was starting to get stumped for ideas for places to visit. We had already seen so much that when we went to visitor’s centers and looked at the brochures, all we could say was, “Seen that . . . . seen that . . . seen that too . . . .” We had to start stretching a bit more.
On Day 16, we headed to Ashland, Virginia, perhaps the most northern part of the Richmond area. Ashland is a charming small town characterized by the train tracks that literally run right down the center of main street. We went first to the train station office in the center of town to pick up the free DIY walking tour brochure.
Most of the buildings on the walking tour aren’t open for touring inside per se but the tour winds you through some interesting streets and past historic buildings. That, punctuated by the occasional train crossing, makes for an interesting visit.
I don’t have a huge amount to say about any of these places so I will let the pictures speak for themselves.
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Day 15 in Richmond was another scorching, close-to-100-degree day. While we had managed to be outside for the past few days, today we needed an indoor break. We went in search of a museum we had spied during our Monument Avenue hunting expedition. The Virginia …
I am going to tell the story of Day 14 of our Richmond adventures a little out of order. If someone asked you to describe the first European settlers of the United States what visual image would come to mind? When a little girl at …