Richmond's Belle Isle and Beautiful Maymont Estate

 Richmond's Belle Isle and Beautiful Maymont Estate

At last, we arrived in Richmond and were hugging Brennan and Hannah and granddog, Olive, hello. We didn’t have anything special planned, but it really didn’t matter. Just seeing them and spending a few days with them in their new home was food for the soul.

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Three Days in Richmond, Virginia – Wow!

Three Days in Richmond, Virginia – Wow!

Despite a rainy start, what a glorious three days we had in Richmond last weekend. David offered me a getaway Mother’s Day weekend in the area of my choice … Paris and Prague were out of the question, however. We’d only ever visited Richmond in the past for business … airport, hotel, customer meeting, hotel, airport … not much in the way of touring involved. So Richmond was my choice … just over 100 miles northwest of Chesapeake … and a great choice it was. There’s a reason that Richmond was #3 in Travel + Leisure’s 2016 best places to travel.

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