It's National Poet's Day!
/It's National Poet's Day! Celebrate with some old favorites!
It's National Cupcake Day!
/It is National Cupcake Day! Enjoy!
Day 6 of the Staycation
/Well, it's back to work and a normal routine tomorrow. Yesterday, we went to Williamsburg and the Great Wolf Lodge. What a fun place. I couldn't have picked better weather for a vacation week!
J and E found VIRGINIA IS FOR MYSTERIES at the Barnes and Noble in New Town (Williamsburg, VA).
Days 4 and 5 of our Staycation
/Yesterday, we photographed over 140 participants at Bethia UMC's Vacation Bible School. Today, our Upward team passed out popsicles after the presentation. I got to meet Nutzy the Flying Squirrel and some other furry friends at the petting zoo.
Steve Berry's THE JEFFERSON KEY
/I love that Steve Berry mixes history in with his Cotton Malone thriller series. In The Jefferson Key, he explores the idea that the four American presidential assassinations and the other attempts were related. This one has a lot of car chases, gun fights, intrigue, and pirates.
A lot of the action takes place in and around Virginia and Washington, DC. His protagonists drive a motorcycle down the beautiful staircase at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond. They shoot out the window and make their escape. They also have a battle at Monticello in Charlottesville over one of Mr. Jefferson's inventions that holds the key to a cipher.
The pirate stories take place in and around Bath, North Carolina and Ocracoke Island (Blackbeard Territory), and the characters even end up near Oak Island near Nova Scotia.
The book is fast-paced with great page-turning action. And Berry does a nice job with explaining fact from fiction at the end. Add this one to your beach bag for a fun, summer read.
Day Three of Our Staycation
/We got up with the sun this morning to go kayaking. It's another beautiful day in RVA. The woods were so peaceful, and the wildlife was out in full force.
Day Two of Our Staycation
/It's been raining off and on all day in RVA. It wouldn't be bad if the temperatures would cool off, but it feels like a rain forest out there today. So this morning, we tried indoor go-karting at ThunderBolt. It's a nice facility off of Midlothian Turnpike. It's indoors, and the carts are electric.
Day One of Our Staycation
/Events conspired against us this summer for getting out of town to the beach or the mountains. It looks like it will be a fall vacation. But, we decided to see some sites in Central Virginia. We went to the Metro Richmond Zoo today. The weather's great in RVA. We didn't do the zip line, but we had a nice tour with the animals.
