We visited Portsmouth. It is across the Elizabeth River from Virginia Beach. It is an old shipping port dating back to the colonial period. A lot of old houses from the 19th century are still around.
Light house ship. They function like a lighthouse but they go an anchor over a shallow area. We visited the inside of this lighthouse ship.
Shipping ports are still very active on the Elizabeth, which feeds into the Chesapeake Bay.
We also went hiking at Northwest River Park, It is down near the border of North Carolina.
(we forced fin to do all the heavy packing)
We went to a local farm to buy pumpkins for Halloween
Northwest River Park
Halloween Teeth.
Pumpkin Carving
Fin can sleep anywhere...
Tucked under Connors bed
Standing up by the couch
Last week we went to Washington D.C. We decided to go camping on the way up (to break up the drive) in Richmond. The weather in Virginia Beach has been very mild this fall. We had record temps this week--89 degrees a few days ago. So the evenings have been 50's and 60's. Not so when we went camping at Pocahontas State Park. It dropped to 31 degrees and we froze. We all shivered through the night. No one slept well (perhaps Fin who was in my sleeping bag tucked underneath me but even she shivered). We all woke up tired and cold. There are no pics from this experience because at first light we broke camp and took off. We did reach D.C. safely--and warm.
Our hotel
The D.C. subway is very deep in the ground. These escalators give you a sense.
Chinatown where we ate dinner
White house at night (Fin was excited)
The Lincoln Memorial
WWII memorial
Connor rode this simulator at the air and space museum.
Air and Space Museum
When we returned home. On Tuesday night at 1AM our van was hit by a crazy driver. He hit our van which hit our neighbor's car which hit our Matrix. So two of our cars were hit. The van was totaled. The matrix is drivable and we will get an estimate on Monday.
