Category: Archive (Before 2026)

Gettysburg Battlefield

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[caption id="attachment_1469" align="alignnone" width="700"] Gettysburg Battlefield[/caption] We spent a wonderful summer day at the Gettysburg Battlefield with Austin. We had a tour guide drive us around the battlefield and tell us the wonderful, yet sad history of those three July days in 1863. The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. On July 1, the advancing Confederates clashed with the Union’s Army of...Read More

Virginia Beach

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[caption id="attachment_1468" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Virginia Beach[/caption] We visited Virginia Beach in mid-July 2013 with the Browns. The highlights of the trip were rest, relaxation, and bogey boarding. My favorite activity was breakfast at Pocahontas Pancakes right across the street from the time-share. About Virginia Beach Located in the southeastern corner of Virginia, where the state meets the sea, the VB Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Which is also known as Hampton Roads and Coastal Virginia, and is the 36th largest in the United States. The MSA encompasses 15 cities and counties with a population of more than 1.7 million and a workforce of more...Read More

Virginia Beach Shopping

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[caption id="attachment_1467" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Virginia Beach Shopping[/caption] Virginia Beach shopping Poor Sock Monkey! Sunsations is my favorite. They have many locations in Virginia Beach. Sunsations (VB 001) 500 Atlantic Avenue Virginia beach, VA 23451 (757) 422-6210 Sunsations (VB 002) 812 Atlantic Avenue Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (757) 422-5979 Sunsations (VB 003) 2500 Atlantic Avenue Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (757) 605-0220 Sunsations (VB 004) 1916 Atlantic Avenue Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (757) 422-5564 Sunsations (VB 005) 2300 Atlantic Avenue Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (757) 422-3378 Sunsations (VB 007) 3300 Atlantic Avenue Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (757) 422-4321 Sunsations (VB 011) 1400...Read More