We left Raleigh around 8:30 this morning. We were headed for Alexandria VA (it was almost impossible to find a hotel in the DC area but I finally found something at the Comfort Inn in Alexandria) and decided to get there via Charlottesville VA since Dwyne had never been there.
We arrived in Charlottesville around lunchtime and wandered around the downtown pedestrian mall area checking out the possible lunch spots. We settled on The Nook because it had outdoor seating and trees because it was very sunny and we wanted some shade. We had a very pleasant lunch. After lunch we went to see the University of Virginia campus. We went to see the Thomas Jefferson designed Rotunda building and the buildings behind it which are called "pavillions". It turned out they were having some sort of garden club sponsored tour of the pavillions which are residences for some of the university's deans. We never figured out whether we were supposed to have tickets or not but the garden club ladies greeted us warmly and it was so interesting to get to go inside these spaces. We would take turns going in while the other held Mr Ripley. Mr R was a big hit with everyone!
The route the GPS lady had us take from Charlotte to Alexandria allowed us to drive by some of the beautiful horse farms outside of Charlotte.
We arrived safely at the Comfort Inn which may be comfortable but it's not much to look at. We had to go through the lobby with our luggage etc and we looked like the Clampets with all our bags and make-shift luggage.
After we got settled in the hotel we drove to the old town Alexandria area where we wandered around a bit and got a bite to eat (generic Tex-Mex).
Tomorrow we may put Mr Ripley in doggie daycare so we can tour the inside of some of the DC sites. The weather today was gorgeous and we're hoping for more of the same tomorrow.
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:-) DC lovely now. I will be in Va Beach for Earth Day presentation tomorrow. Do you remember our first Earth Day? We walked around parking lot at Brookstone and wrote slogans in the pollen dust on the cars. I remember Mrs. Smisson's Buick Skylark.
ReplyDeleteAlthough it was raining, it was still lovely in DC. They were setting up the mall for earth day.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I remember the Skylark-I rode to school in it everyday.