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We always seem to be out and about taking a daytrip or on the go here or there. In this blog I'll introduce you to the many varied regions, locales, and sites to see around Virginia. From Winchester to Williamsburg, get ready for our ramblings around the Old Dominion! There's always something new added here! Check the most recent entry!

GOOD GOD!!!!!!! I have NOT packed yet. Melissa (melissa919) was going to pick me up at 2pm. it’s 11am and what am I doing!??!?! i am on travbuddy creating a “I LOVE TB MEETUPS” group. I hate packing for the weekend. I can’t seem to find the clothes to wear. It is worst for me to pack for a few days than 2 weeks, especially, a road trip.I like to be comfortable to the road. i wore a tank top and my favorite "airplane" pants. i love it's so comfy and airy. I should have bought more...

Every man knows a way to a woman's heart (or at least mine) is great Korean food!! =)I get a call from John yesterday - seems he's in town for 1 day to go to the Korean embassy before heading back to LV and then off to Korea. This is the LAST TIME I'll John for a long long while. It is only appropriate that we share our love of the establishment Shik Do Rak together. John used to drive to LA from SAN FRANCISCO just to eat here. He is truly a man after my own heart.When I got to the restaurant...

Day 2 - cloudy-snowI was sharing a room with one of my friends from Japan. She got here a day before. I woke up around 8am and looked at the other side of the room. My friend was reading something quietly so I said 'good morning' and started chatting for about an hour or so..Someone knocked while we were talking. OMG!! My old friends from school!!!! How great to meet them again!!! They aren't changing at all!! Only our age is different now. haha!! I dressed and walked around the town with fri...

The next morning, my accomplice, Joy, was suppose to transfer Goldfishflosser a.k.a. Ragnar over to my custody in Los Feliz but bumper-to-bumper traffic foiled our meetup time.  Instead, Rob kept a watchful eye on Ragnar at the Silverlake safe house until I got there to take control of the situation.  After concurring with Rob on our rendezvous time later that afternoon, I dragged Goldfishflosser outside and quickly shoved him into my beat up old Toyota Corolla (a common car so as n...

In the spring of 1778 Captain James Cook, reached Nootka Sound and became the first known white man to set foot on British Columbian soil. In 1787-1788 John MacKay was the first white man to live in BC-in Nootka which is on Vancouver Island. 1788 Frances Barkley, wife to Captain Charles William Barkley, was the first white woman to set foot on Vancouver Island. 1790 October 28th, the Treaty of the Nootka Convention was accepted and signed by Great Britian and spain. 1792 August 28th Capta...

My intentions were to sleep very deeply and long, since I went to bed at 5am! But, my phone rang at 9am (8am) in Lima. It was one of my customers wanting to talk about business. Ok, I’d take care of this later. I was thinking about what to wear and remembered the nice top Mel gave to me. Thank you!! It was the perfect gift! I took a shower and the phone rang again. It was Malvin!!! the TB!!! He was in Lima but would leave shortly, too bad I wasn’t there… I called my Peruvian buddy...

It was a beautiful clear sunday in the spring in las vegas. i have been wanting to take photos of the desert flowers in my front yard. this would have been a good time to hike death valley or valley of fire. since my other digi cam was in the hospital. i am using my back up. i was shock this one was not acting up. i had problems with it freezing while i press "play". I DO LOVE MACRO FILTER :)one of the flowers looks like cherry blossoms but they are not. i need to find out the names of these ...

Late one sunny August afternoon I went to see Afghanistan: Hidden Treasurers from the National Museum, an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art.  The exhibit, from the National Museum in Kabul, is on limited display at the NGA’s West Building.   The Hidden Treasurers exhibit displays a collection of ancient artifiacts discovered in Afghanistan during the 20th century. Significantly, the items on display were thought to have been lost or destroyed during the Soviet invasion or ...

WOW!!! What a great weekend in NYC. I was a bit nervous about this one, just because of so many TB peeps who were coming. I am somewhat shy in large crowds and wasn't sure if I would be comfortable in this setting, but all my fears were soon removed.  I will admit, the wine and Patron helped me loosen up, but it was the people who made all the difference.  These TBs who came were such a fabulous group of people, and I felt so comfortable in their company. I realize I did not get to ...

James has been dying for an IN-N-OUT burger for 8 years. He has not had one since he lived in LA. james wanted to have lunch here before he flew back to MO. i wil miss you james. see you......maybe in belguim.....LA in june 7th meet up. i personal had not had one since september 2007. i like eating here after i have been traveling aboard. the burger tastes so much better when you come back to the USA :)   TO MY NEW AND OLD TB FRIENDS: THANKS TO ALL THE TBs THAT FLEW AND DRO...

    Okay so it is still May 24th, Saturday evening...and we a head up to Grouse Mountain to see the resuced bears who call this place home, also to have a great dinner, watch the sunset..see the evening lights and then call it a day..We had crammed quite alot in the few hours of saturday...but it was fun to play tourist, then come to this spot, and enjoy the end of a great day.   The weather was perfect, the bears were a sight to behold, dinner was great, and then the...

Despite the brisk competition from other wonderlands in Maine, Acadia wins the top spot for natural beauty in my heart.  There is something special about mountains on the ocean.  Even if the mountains are relative midgets (Cadillac Mountain is the highest point here at 1,530 feet - still the highest on the East Coast of the US).   Cadillac Mountain is a good place to begin out tour of Acadia National Park as there is a road to the summit and most visitors drive up ...

It was almost 7 pm when we rolled into Visalia, and our home.  Worn and tired from three weeks on the road and away from our home, we were happy to be home safe and sound.  Vacations are wonderful and getting away from home from time to time is a must, but nothing beats coming home.  Back to your own comfortable bed, and pillow (although we takes our with us), with everything exactly where you know it is, and knowing exactly where that is.  We can’t take it all with us l...

During a summer back about 25 or 30 years ago we decided to take in Disneyland. We, is our family of five. Myself, my wife, and three children, ages 13, 11 and nearly 3. We had never taken on a large amusement part before. This was a first for us. We planned to arrive at about 10 a.m. and stay until closing at 10 or 11 p.m. One of the first things we did on our way in was to stop at the rental shop. Strollers and wheelchairs were available for a nominal charge. We rented two wheelchairs. ...