Saturday, November 30th

So today heading south of DC, took us right through Fredericksburg, Virginia.  Another historical place.  Fredericksburg is located right in the middle between Washinton, DC and Richmond, Virginia.  They were the capitols of the North and the South during the Civil War.  So of course there were a lot of battles around here.  We toured part of one of the battlefields At Sunken Road and had a really good tour guide.  The Union Army had 13,000 casualties in this battle.  The Confederates were victorious at the Battle of Fredericksburg.   It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.  Part of the original wall the Confederates fought behind is still there.  Also a small house still standing that you can see a lot of bullet holes in the walls.  It was very interesting and educational so we're glad we stopped, even though we're on tourist overload from DC for 5 straight days.  

George Washinton basically grew up in this town,so there is a lot of history related to him. When he headed off as an adult, he bought a house for his Mother.  Audree and I went to see it.  Pretty nice house!  She lived to be 81years old, pretty much unheard of in those days.  She died 4 months after George became the first president!

Nice little town there.  We had lunch at one of the oldest running pharmacy/soda fountain counters.  $5 sandwiches.......couldn't beat that.  

So we headed on south and we're Williamsburg, Virginia, tonight.  This Historic Triangle (which includes Jamestown and Yorktown) is known as the birthplace of American Democracy.  Much more to see in the next few days.  Then I think we're going to be ready for some fishing, golfing, or a beach somewhere!!!!