Home United States Individual States U.S. Map Road Trips Countries Canadian Provinces European Countries Europe Map Mexico Adventures Travel Tips Gear Traveling Therapists Menu Home United States Individual States U.S. Map Road Trips Countries Canadian Provinces European Countries Europe Map Mexico Adventures Travel Tips Gear Traveling Therapists Virginia Back Next Alexandria The Market Square Garage is under this fountain: park here!King StreetCute downtown strip.A house about the width of Adam's wingspan...Nicecream Nitrogen Ice CreamLight Horse Bar upstairs on a calm night.Port City BreweryEstablished in 1749The Potomac River Waterfront at the end of King Street Read blog post Charlottesville Area Downtown CharlottesvilleFun street performers along the open air mall!Fridays After Five!Where they have lots of local beer options!Citizen BurgerDelicious local food!Champion BrewingSouth Street BreweryCoupe's: where all of the college kids hang out!Bodo's Bagel with a view of the library Thomas Jefferson designed on UVA's campus.Paradox PastryGoods made by a baker who graduated from Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Paris...yum!Montpelier - James Madison's homeThere are several trails on the Montpelier property.And a great view of the mountains!The Montpelier property also has a very interesting exhibit on slavery.James Madison's grave, along with his family.Barboursville VineyardsWhere you can taste at least 20 types of wine!And check out the Barboursville ruins!Keswick VineyardsView of the Potomac River from George Washington's home, Mount Vernon.The Mount Vernon grounds include an impressive museum.Orange BBQ and Brews FestBoozy milkshakes at Boylan Heights!Ivy ProvisionsGreat breakfast sandwiches and fufu coffee drinks here!Monticello: Thomas Jefferson's impressive home.If you look very closely (in the hole in the trees), you can see UVA's library that Jefferson designed!Gardens along Mulberry Row where slaves lived and worked.Thomas Jefferson's grave. He wanted to be remembered for 3 things: author of the Declaration of Independence, author of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.Carter Mountain Orchard with a great view of Charlottesville!A taste of the market at Carter Mountain.Where you can get anything APPLE!Dave Matthew's Blenheim Winery.Gabriele Rausse WineryWhere they also give you olive oil and bread!Rivanna River Co. where we rented tubes to float down the river!Enjoying some river time!With mountain views!Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen and BrewingWe always like getting flights so we can try several beers!The Potomac River wharf.Gardens the slaves used to work in that are still kept up!George Washington's grave is a bit more extravagant than the other presidents in this post.Here lays one of our Founding Fathers, the first president of the United States. Read blog post Richmond The Fancy BiscuitOur tasty buscuits with a delicious spread of mimosas!American Civil War Museum on the James River.The Virginia State Capitol that Thomas Jefferson designed.Part of the underground Capitol museum.The classic rotunda.Jefferson: the mastermind behind this building.Modern day chamberThe Answer BreweryGreat beer and solid food to pair it with!The Veil Brewing Co.A glimpse at the steady line here. Read blog post Shenandoah One of our favorites - grilled cheese over the fire!Frazier Discovery TrailA glimpse of the rock scrambling on the Bearfence Trail.Great views from the Bearfence lookout!Dark Hallow FallsUpper HawksbillStony Man TrailOverall Run FallsAnother nice overlook on the Overall Run Falls Trail.SkylandOutdoor Patio Area in SkylandYou can catch a good view of the sunset right from Skyland!...and tasty desserts accompanied by live music!The beginning of Old Rag on somewhat normal trails.But it eventually changes to pure rock scrambling!!There are several fun passageways you'll come across!And you'll even find some rocks above you!There's plenty of rock up here for people to spread out!Shenandoah National Park! Read blog post Virginia Beach Barclay Cottage B&BThe 2nd level porch for some viewing of the area!Our quaint room!Rudee's Restaurant & Cabana Bar in the Rudee Inlet.Live! on Atlantic offers live entertainment as small as this...And a little bigger like this!It's not just musicians, but there are magicians and others too!Waiting in line to get into the most hoppin' place in town!The ShackOne of the unique sitting areas we found!The Neptune statue!One of the original, fancy VA Beach hotels at the end of the north end of the boardwalk.A glimpse of the biking trails in First Landing State Park.The somewhat secluded beach we found!Smartmouth BrewingA peek inside of Smartmouth Brewing.Home Republic BrewingTaste: go here for fresh sandwiches!They also have a bit of a market inside.VA Beach!You won't escape people here!CalypsosGringosHome of the best fish tacos in VA Beach!Back Bay BrewingThe BunkerBack to The Shack!Plenty of games to play at The Shack.The Waterside DistrictThe Nauticus MuseumUSS Wisconsin BattleshipWe paid extra for the control tour where they did a demonstration!It was fun to check out most of this battleship that was last decommissioned in 1991.We even saw the innards of the ship including the barber shop!We were also able to snag some good views of Norfolk from the deck!Colonial Williamsburg MuseumImpressive and very well-preserved buildings in Colonial Williamsburg.Chowning Tavern18th century style food that won't leave you hungry! 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