OLD FREDRICKSBURG, VIRGINIA (OCT. 13, 2009)

After yesterday’s fiasco (clothing-wise), when we spent the day in DC wearing
T-shirts and sandals (no socks), and it was colder than an Eskimo’s swim in the Arctic Ocean, we decided to dress a bit warmer this morning: Socks, regular shoes, and sweaters…
Of course, once we got away from our tree-covered RV Park, the sunshine was unbridled, and the temperature climbed steadily as the day wore on…
Go figure…
At any rate, we spent about four hours strolling around the streets of Old Town Fredericksburg… Popped our heads into shops and galleries, and sat and had lunch in an old (redundant, huh?) and quaint tavern/eatery… Good food…
As everywhere here in the East, we passed plaque after plaque denoting one Civil War battle after another… Must be money to be made rehashing all these battles… If the abundance of souvenir shops is an indication…
I do believe I told you we’re in a wooded area, and we receive satellite TV by the skin of our teeth, but can’t remember if I touched on the topic of our Verizon Network…
I looked at a coverage map a short while back (at Costco), and, sure enough, the place we are now has very limited coverage, so we have a hard time with our phone service, as well as our internet service…
Don’t really care about the phone, but the internet service is another story…
I was up until after midnight last night, trying to get all those pictures we took (in DC) uploaded…
Time and again, I had to quit (because of error messages), and start all over… All the while listening to my better half snore up in the bedroom…
Life’s just not fair…
Anyway, I didn’t want to have to face the trouble this morning, so I pressed on, and finally got it done…
Hopefully, y’all (how ‘bout that, huh? a Southern word with a Norwegian accent) got to see the pictures, and I’m hoping we’ll be in a better location for both TV and internet at our next location, so I don't have to sit in front of this screen half a day...
Maybe the best solution is not to take as many pictures, but what’s the fun in that?
We have another big day tomorrow… Going back to DC to spend the day at some of the Smithsonian museums… Should be interesting, to say the least…
Our Tour Guide (from yesterday) is taking us in her van, so I won’t have to drive, nor park (which we saw was very expensive), so, if the weather holds, we should have a great day…
Take care, and keep checking on us...
PICTURES:
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