While we have visited our son and granddaughter in North Carolina several times over the last…
Month: July 2024
Richmond, VA: From Horror Icon to Capital of Confederacy
When you spend most of your life in Arizona, it feels weird to think of Virginia…
Southern West Virginia: Take Me Home Country Roads
Take me home, country roads… Did you know John Denver’s hit song may actually have been…
Prestige, Palaces and Prisons in West Virginia
West Virginia’s first Capital was Wheeling. In 1818 the National Road (aka the very first road…
Lancaster and Gettysburg, PA: Longest, Oldest, Most Continuouses
We find ourselves back in PA before heading to our next new state. In fact, we…
Old and New Money in Hudson Valley, NY
As a crocheter, I was a little excited to hear that Rhinebeck, NY was on the…