Richmond Renaissance – Day 19

Richmond Renaissance – Day 19

With just two days left in my Richmond adventures, it was time to face my fears and take on the major event of the Richmond area for summer 2013. The Redskins Training Camp moved to Richmond for the first time this summer, lured by a 

Richmond Renaissance – Day 18

Richmond Renaissance – Day 18

I got lost on the way to our destination on Day 18. Some of the stops were intentional, like following a sign about “Deep Bottom,” which turned out to be a portion of the James River that is 35 feet deep. Virginia is so loaded 

Richmond Renaissance – Day 17

Richmond Renaissance – Day 17

On Day 17 we revisited the Civil War brochure and picked out another cluster of sites, this time south of Richmond. The route to our first destination seemed odd to me. I was used to driving along country roads to get to most of the 

Richmond Renaissance – Day 16

Entering the fourth and final week of our Richmond adventures, I was starting to get stumped for ideas for places to visit. We had already seen so much that when we went to visitor’s centers and looked at the brochures, all we could say was, 

Richmond Renaissance – Day 15

Day 15 in Richmond was another scorching, close-to-100-degree day. While we had managed to be outside for the past few days, today we needed an indoor break. We went in search of a museum we had spied during our Monument Avenue hunting expedition. The Virginia