Thursday March 23, 2023 Road video and map On my previous visit to Greensboro I focused on the Civil Rights history (blogged here) but, after the rewarding experience visiting Yorktown, I decided to visit another revolutionary war battlefield, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. In this battle Lt. Gen. Charles, Earl Cornwallis and a force of … Continue reading Old Salem and a revolutionary war battle “won” by the British
Wednesday March 22, 2023 Road video and map Raleigh and Durham are very close to each other and, during my 2018 trip to the region, I chose to visit Durham and Greensboro (blogged here). Today I made visits to a couple of sites in Raleigh before, again, driving to Greensboro. My first stop was to … Continue reading Raleigh visits and on to Greensboro
Tuesday March 21, 2023 Road video and map Although the names of the two places I visited today may suggest gloom and darkness nothing could be further from my experience as the first full day of spring dawned bright, warm and calm. I traveled 186 miles (299 km) from Suffolk, VA to Raleigh, NC. with … Continue reading A Perfectly Enjoyable First Day of Spring
Monday March 20, 2023 Road video and map Today was very rewarding with two different, but excellent, stops en route from Williamsburg to Suffolk, VA. The first was at the opposite end of the Colonial Historic Parkway from Jamestown where you will find the Yorktown Battlefield unit of the Colonial National Historical Park. Unlike Jamestown, … Continue reading The Colonists’ final victory and a great museum
Sunday Mar 19, 2023 Road video and map Today I headed into the heart of colonial history in Virginia. Since I had previously visited the preeminent tourist attraction devoted to the subject, Colonial Williamsburg, and wanted to get to my hotel early to prepare two road videos and blog posts in the same evening due … Continue reading Colonial Virginia
Sat March 18, 2023 Road video and map My friends and I have decided to meet in Atlanta for spring break this year. They are flying but I am making it a short road trip. I will travel south mainly east of interstate 95 and return through the mountains west of I 95. Today I … Continue reading Spring Break Trip to Atlanta
Tuesday, July 19 2022 Road video and map I had three interesting places lined up to visit today but all required walking and, unfortunately, my back didn’t want me to move at all. Despite being fully dosed up with Tylenol I was in significant pain while visiting the Corning glass museum on Sunday and, again, … Continue reading “Back” Home