This past weekend, while in Williamsburg, we walked around William & Mary. Thoughts: Beautiful. Amazing. Smart kids on campus. Public school (in-state tuition is $10K). Factoid--they produce the most Peace Corps volunteers per capita of any university. Photo caption: statues of impressive looking guys whose names we don't know.
The 'cue was suspicious, since we neither saw nor smelled smoke. But the milkshake was amazing.
It's the speaker's chair. It's moved around from capital to capital, and all the major guys sat here. It witnessed the first days of self-government in the Virginia colony. It was in the room when they drafted the Declaration of Independence. It witnessed the signing of the Constitution. And we were five feet away. I can't believe that they let the public get that close!
On our first day in Norfolk, we visited the Chrysler Museum. As luck would have it, admission was free on Sunday and it was the last day of the Norman Rockwell exhibit, which was terrific. The exhibit closed with the Mississippi work Rockwell did during the Civil Rights Movement. A quick check revealed that neither of us were wearing Mississippi/Ole Miss apparel, so we were able to move through the exhibit as two anonymous white people without folks glaring at us. To see the Mississippi piece on the Philadelphia murders, click here.
First, here's the CBBT. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Ned was really excited about it.
Mary Beth was stressed beyond belief by the idea of driving under the water. Really stressed.
But there was happiness to be had on the other side of the tunnel, when we got to see the beach. The relief was short-lived, however, as we had to turn around and drive back the way we drove in--but no worries...we turned around in a U-turn spot to avoid the $5 return fee (the first trip cost $12--too much to pay for all that stress! )
