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July 9, 2017 (day 11)
July 8, 2017 (day 10)
July 7, 2017 (day 9)
July 6, 2017 (day 8)
July 5, 2017 (day 7)
July 4, 2017 (day 6)
July 3, 2017 (day 5)
July 2, 2017 (day 4)
July 1, 2017 (day 3)
June 30, 2017 (day 2)
June 29, 2017 (day 1)
Prelude - Jun 28, 2017 The first thing that got added was the tunnel. Though I've long wanted to, I have never driven the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and this seemed like a good opportunity to do that. As I added the tunnel to the agenda I was looking for a place to spend the actual Fourth of July. About then a friend reminded me of a steam train he had ridden in West Virginia awhile back and again suggested that it was something I'd like. I agreed and looked into it. The train's home is Cass, West Virginia, and the route from Cass to the bridge-tunnel passes very close to a place that had started to register in my search for an Independence Day home. That place was Colonial Williamsburg which seemed like it might be a near perfect place to spend the day. So that's my trip. A train ride on the first, Declaration of Independence readings in Williamsburg on the fourth, a music and crafts festival on the eighth, and in between a drive through and over Chesapeake Bay and maybe visits to Montpelier (James Madison's home) and/or Highland (James Monroe's home). |