Traveling with Tucson

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Next stop is Richmond, VA a great town with lots to see and do.

Found a parking spot!

I had asked someone at the Dog Park what I should see in Richmond that I could bring Tucson with me. She said Head on down to Belle Isle and the James River for a walk.

Tucson's not so sure about the bridge

Some of the most dramatic events in Richmond’s history occurred during three days in April 1865 when the city fell to the Union Army after four years of civil war. As the Union Army marched down Broad Street, Confederates evacuated while enslaved Richmonders gained their freedom.
These events are memorialized on a bridge overlooking the James River. Quotes, images and views of the remains of Civil War-era bridges bring back the extraordinary events of the war’s end.

The world's smallest dog park

Belle Island lies within the James River, and is owned by the city and serves as a city park. It is accessible to pedestrians and bicycle via a suspension footbridge that runs under the Robert E. Lee Bridge from the north shore of the James

The island served as a prison for Union soldiers during the Civil War. Between 1862 and 1865, the island was home to about 30,000 POW's and as many as 1,000 died, though accounts vary with the South claiming the death rate was low, while the North claimed it was very high.

There is a hiking trail that runs the circumference of the Island

Lots of interesting things to explore

The remains of the old Tredegar Iron works are still there

People kayaking in the James. The yellow one is a paddle board I was amazed that anyone was even trying that in the rapids. She did great until she didn't!

Time to move on down the road!

Thursday, October 16, 2014

I was going to do Mt.Vernon but when I got there I realized I had done that a few years before so we headed to Monticello instead. A beautiful and magnificent place! Entry included a tour of the house.