Carolina Carnivores - Yikes

Carolina Carnivores - Yikes

Where the heck is the Green Swamp Preserve? Is it far? Are there really lots of carnivorous plants there? What else is there to do around there? After all, we’re pretty close to the North Carolina border, maybe this is a day-off activity for the captain and me.

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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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