Blogs from Virginia, United States, North America - page 93

I Spent most of the day driving across Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey just so I could get my hands on one of those famous Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwiches. Well........... After eating a "world famos GENOS cheesesteak sandwich, I was left with the feeling that they wern't all that after all, until Todd suggested trying another one fron the neighboring compettion across the street "Pat's" Now where talkin!!!! The guy suggested that I have some melted cheese on it and it made all the difference, and for those of you that are keeping count, yes I had two cheese steak sandwhiches!!! What???? Since I had to make up some time I had to get on the interstates, so there wern't too many pictures taken on this day, and the ones that I did take, weren't worth posting. ... read more

OK, what started out to be a easy drive to Fredricksville Virgina, ended up being a ten hour trip, but who cares!!! Driving through the national forests takes up a lot of time, because the speed linits are 20 to 45mph!!! any faster and you'll end up on the evening news!!!Part IIAfter getting some dinner at a local establishment, I headed out for what I thought would be some great night images in Washington DC. I have never been more dissapointed in my life. I have been to many cities and have taken hundreds if not thousands of night shots, but there won't be too many from this city. I intended to go out and take shots of the various monuments and memorials that only Washington DC has to offer, to my surprise, parking was not ... read more

Sep 12, 2007 City official name :Bristol Founded date : Location :Virginia State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Bristol is an independent city in Virginia, bounded by Washington County, Virginia and Sullivan County, Tennessee. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 17,367. It is the twin city of Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line, which runs down the middle of its main street, State Street. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Bristol, Virginia with Washington County for statistical purposes. Along with Kingsport, Tennessee and Johnson City, Tennessee the Bristols form the Tri-Cities. Originally named Goodson, it was renamed ... read more

I woke up in bed with Claudia today which is always a good way to start the day. However it was at 6 AM. Not so great. We said our goodbyes and headed in opposite directions as she went north to Boston and I started my journey south. By 10 AM I'd been in four different states. I finally made it into DC around 1 PM today. I met up with David R., a kid I use to work with back at Brandeis. He graduated in 2005 and has spent the last two years on the the island of Barbuda in the Caribbean with the Peace Corps. We spent the afternoon in his amazing apartment in NW DC and he let me in on all the little details, frustrations, and joys of being a Peace Corps ... read more

After 3 days in DC and busily helping to set up Sierra in her new environs we fled to a people-less area, and are staying in a pretty amazing hotel in Warm Springs over the Blue Ridge Mnts in Virginia. The Warm Springs Motor Hotel - which says nothing about the fact that it is the old Warm Springs Courthouse and we are staying in the converted jailhouse. It is very plush and totally filled with collectibles ranging from confederate soldiers to art deco tables and lamps, African carvings, deep south antiques and monkeys - both real and fake. People with great drawls live here, and I’m tempted to say ya'all as well. Jule has deteriorated into sentences like “Now that we’ve aten lunch, les go” This is the same hotel we stayed in 13 years ... read more