Get Your Pumpkins — at Belvedere
There are plenty of places near Charlottesville where one can pick a pumpkin. Places such as Carter Mountain Orchard, where I took the kids last Friday for apple picking, Chiles Peach Orchard, Greenfield Fall Fest near Ruckersville, and Hess Greenhouse‘s Back Home on the Farm in Harrisonburg where my daughter’s kindergarten class went last year for a field trip. But based on a recommendation last year and a Groupon for $15 season passes, I decided to take a trip to Belvedere Plantation in Fredericksburg, VA.
Staunton’s Frontier Culture Museum
Staunton’s Frontier Culture Museum is a tribute to the first colonial Virginia settlers and is organized on a circular trail with tiny houses / villages representing different colonial era settlers. In the words of the museum’s website, “To tell the...Luray Caverns and Skyline Drive
Growing up in Northern VA, I have many memories of trips to Luray Caverns… I’ve probably been there between 7 to 10 times, but not since maybe 1990. I was really excited last weekend when my wife and I were trying to think of things to do and she mentioned...George Washington Birthplace
As I prepared to write this blog post, I realized that my father has pretty much lived and worked in all the same places as George Washington, only in opposite order. While a soldier stationed at Ft. Belvoir in the mid-1970s, he lived just a few miles from Mount...
A great start to the @k12albemarle school year. I’ve lost count on these but they seem to be a daily email now.
2James and I shared many a cigar together in Afghanistan. He’s a retired Navy SEAL and biking from GA to FL to raise funds for the @NavySEALfnd Check out James Byrne's fundraising page - https://impact.navysealfoundation.org/fundraiser/3434637
I was very conflicted yesterday, just as I am on most anniversaries of 9/11 over the last twenty years. But it was the decision I made on September 12, 2001, that defined who I would be as an adult. https://medium.com/@lewisnelson/9-12-01-is-the-day-my-life-really-changed-6e1ef16df0f5 #NeverForget #911Anniversary