Road Trip to Williamsburg, VA

Three weeks ago we started off on a 3,400 mile road trip to Williamsburg, VA.  We spent the first night in Nashville, an 11 hour ride.  We arrived at our Marriott Timeshare in Williamsburg after a 10 hour ride the second day.  The 2 bedroom 2 bath condo was just beautiful, as we expected it would be.  We had great weather for almost the whole week we were there.  Sunday was spent relaxing and exploring the grounds and facilities.  Lots of activities - I took an afternoon candy making class. 



Yorktown



 On Monday we drove to Virginia Beach, walked on the boardwalk and had lunch.  Tuesday we ventured to Yorktown and toured the colonial villiage, having a great lunch in a restaurant on the York River.  It was quite a lot of walking but luckily there was a tour bus that made stops in various places throughout the village.  



Williamsburg



Wednesday was spent in Colonial Williamsburg.  Luckily the day was cooler and my knees didn't hurt too bad.  It was a one mile walk through the main street, which I was able to do without too much trouble.  Rich and I had been there 30 years ago and not much changed.  We even ate lunch in the same place where we ate back then.

Thursday was a rainy day spent doing the local shops.  My kind of day!  Found The Yankee Candle Flagship Store - the only one besides the original in Massachusetts.  Fabulous!

Friday we went to Jamestown.  It was very cool and windy.  Rich did most of the touring since I had worn my knees out on Wednesday.  He took a tour of all the excavating that is going on. 

Saturday we sadly packed up and left Williamsburg.  We made our way to Elizabeth City, North Carolina where we spent the night.  Rich has always wanted to see Kitty Hawk since his whole career was in the aviation business.  He was quite impressed.   Since we were so close we also drove past my cousin's beach house on the Outer Banks.  I had been there years ago for a family reunion but he had never seen it.  What made my day was finding my favorite snack of all times!  I grew up eating Wise Cheez Waffies in New Jersey but they are only sold on the East Coast.  After stopping in many grocery and convenience stores we finally found them in NC.  There are only a few of the 10 bags left (I did give some away).  From there on Sunday we went to Columbia SC for the night before heading to Atlanta for the National Business Aircraft Convention.  Rich met a lot of former coleagues and made many new contacts for his consulting business.  Wednesday we left for Ruston LA for the night then finally home on Thursday. 

We had a great trip but two weeks on the road was a little long.  Lots of driving for Rich and navigating for me.  Downsizing from the timeshare to another week in various hotels was a little rough.  I think we are spoiled with our timeshares.  I am new at blogging so I hope I haven't bored anyone.  I am mainly doing this so I can have a record of our retirement years (in case I forget where we have been LOL).