It’s been nearly another month and still no posts.  Well, there is one, but it never got finished or posted, so that can’t really count.  The excuse?  We were traveling…a lot.  We are now back home and I promise to try and make, at least, one post for every destination along our route.

Today is an overview.  We left on Saturday, September 22.  We crossed Kentucky lengthwise, a pretty but uneventful drive.  After turning south at Lexington on !-75, we stopped for lunch in Richmond, KY to visit with my granddaughter, Tracy.  From there we went to Pigeon Forge, TN and checked into our hotel.  We stayed in the Smokey Mountains until Monday afternoon, then went on to Charlotte, NC.  We spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Charlotte, visiting with my youngest daughter, Jamie and her family.  On Thursday morning we moved on down to Charleston SC for the Combat Camera Reunion.

We were in Charleston until Sunday, at which time, we headed north with a stop for lunch at Fayetteville, NC where we found a Subway restaurant in a train station.  Those of you who know Jim won’t be surprised that we spent some time there.  We finally checked into our Virgina Beach/Norfolk hotel in time to crash for the night.

The next morning we visited Richmond, VA where we took in the Tredegar Museum and walked along the riverfront, from there we meandered through Fredericksburg to visit the battlefield there before moving along to our DC area hotel in Waldorf, MD.

We stayed in Washington for four days.  Each morning, we drove to the nearest Metro station, left the car and took the Green Line into Washington.  We’d then spend the day wandering the Mall, exploring the museums and shooting photos of the city.  We joined the rush hour crowds in the subway to head back to the hotel in the evening.  We drove back into the city for some night shots on Wednesday and again on Friday morning to visit Arlington and the Zoo.  It was a fascinating week, but we didn’t even see half of what we had planned.

We left Washington on Friday afternoon and went to Roanoke, VA so that Jim could visit the train museum there.  On Saturday morning, I stayed in the hotel, did laundry and worked on pictures. I wanted to spend longer and update some websites, including this blog, but we had to check out by noon.  They had two conventions in the area and couldn’t give us another night, so I went with Jim to finish up his “Train Day” before moving along to Bristol, VA/TN Saturday evening.  Sunday morning we got an early start so we could indulge a stop ‘n’ shoot leg on the way to Cumberland Gap.  From the Gap, we hit the interstates again and finally got home Sunday evening.

I spent Monday unpacking and babysitting.  Tuesday was more babysitting and grocery shopping.  This morning, after clearing the email backlog, I got back to work.  Oh, I nearly forgot, I still need to do laundry.  Guess I’d better wind this up and get the first load started before someone else appropriates the washer.  More to come, I swear I’ll get to it, as soon as I figure out what’s wrong with my Photoshop.