(still in Va.)  We are heading back to the Interstate, my short cut turned out to involve a ferry, now we’re behind time and have to take a long route–if we’re late we’ll loose our room…..hum……

 

Cabin Point:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cabin-Point-Virginia/126288847533447

This cemetery is on land donated to the church in 1711 by the will of Benjamin Harrison. Members of the Harrison family originally were buried here, but they were removed later to the Harrison Cemetery at Brandon. ..  http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/CPcem.html

 

Strange brick fences.

 

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   1997/May NASCAR Illustrated Winston Cup Rusy Wallace “Its My Year”

   $10.85

  https://www.etsy.com/listing/642029247/1997may-nascar-illustrated-winston-cup?ref=shop_home_active_2

 

 

Hopewell  https://hopewellva.gov/attractions/

 

There is a chemical plant in Hopewell Virginia which has been operating for 57 years. It’s among the largest and most efficient plant in the world for making caprolactam, a precursor to Nylon 6. The plant is a cash cow for Honeywell, generating hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue each year. H/AREA member, Reed Belden, who was there at the beginning and played a key role in its success, wrote the following history for our Newsletter.

http://www.hon-area.org/hopewell.html

 

Chemical Capital of the SOuth–what a smell

Has an adult theater even and River sports

 

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   Vintage Glass Cobalt Blue 2 1/2″

  $8.88

  https://www.etsy.com/listing/626638354/vintage-glass-cobalt-blue-2-12?ref=shop_home_active_6

 

 

 

Richmond  https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-richmond-va/

 

Located along the fall line of the James River, Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although Richmond was incorporated as a town “to be styled the City of Richmond” in 1742, it was not until 1782 that it was incorporated as a city. Plentiful in Revolutionary War history, Richmond served also as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3916.html

 

The traffic becomes worse every mile, we’ve gone thru RIchmond and are less than 30 miles from Washington and everyone keeps trying to push us off the highway.

 

It has been a long time since I was last in D.C.  Then I was a “crusader” in a “cause”   We must all have causes to justify our extremes,  Then I was fighting the helplessness of a situation.

 

 

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   1988 NASCAR ’88 Special 40th Anniversary Edition

  $7.88
  https://www.etsy.com/listing/640151541/1988-nascar-88-special-40th-anniversary?ref=shop_home_active_10

 

 

 

8/13/1974

 

Washington DC

 

Founded on July 16, 1790, Washington, DC is unique among American cities because it was established by the Constitution of the United States to serve as the nation’s capital. You can read the actual line at the National Archives. From its beginning, it has been embroiled in political maneuvering, sectional conflicts and issues of race, national identity, compromise and, of course, power.   https://washington.org/dc-information/washington-dc-history

The day for the most part was good.

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  Laurel Burch Zippered Baguette Handbag With Metallic Thread Tapestry Cats Design

  $25.70

  https://www.etsy.com/listing/607209197/laurel-burch-zippered-baguette-handbag?ref=shop_home_active_14&crt=1

 

Smithsonian  https://www.si.edu/museums

 

• For a man who never set foot in Washington, DC, French-born, British-raised James Smithson has had a huge impact on the city. The British scientist (1765-1829), an illegitimate son of a Duke, left his considerable fortune to a nephew with the stipulation that, were the nephew to die without heirs, the money go “to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” The nephew died, and a museum complex was born.
• https://washington.org/dc-guide-to/smithsonian-institution-building-castle

 

Though I think the Smithsonian was a bit too much to conquer for our first day.  We saw all of The Museum of Technology and History and part of the Museum of National History

 

We parked at a fringe area and caught a bus downtown but it was quite a walk to the Smithsonian.

At the museum we saw quite by accident was fantastic—a beautiful red sports car, carousel animals, President’s ladies from the past.  A  great milling herd of people surrounding exhibits, pushing in and around like lave at Herculean burying everything in its path.

 

The second museum was of natural history and had giant fiber glass whales, elephant and tigers, even dinosaurs.  And then there was African music.  It was later than and the crowds had become –a few couples, barely a group–a few couples and family groups braving the later hours.

 

We left at seven and found that we had no idea of where we could get a bus we missed our bus and got on the Silver Springs one instead and then we went to far and had to get a different bus back to it…by this time my minor headache had become major and my stomach was in bad shape and when we finally stopped at a sea food restaurant (V snapping back much better than me) I hardly had anything to speak of–and for me that’s amazing

 

All in all it was a very unusual day.  But we shall drive in tomorrow.

 

 

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  Apple & White Bead 13″ Drop Necklace Vintage Fun

  $4.99

  https://www.etsy.com/listing/579913659/apple-white-bead-13-drop-necklace?ref=shop_home_active_18

 

• I’ll be back next Thurs with more of my 1974 adventures…see you then