This was the day that the Riendeau
Children had been counting down to all summer. They were finally going
to be on their way! The excitement was overwhelming to say the least.
The "are we there yet?" comments had already started in jest before
pulling out of the driveway.
Today we would begin our journey of 6 states in about 1 1/2 weeks. Our
journey today takes us from NJ to VA via Delaware to Maryland and
finally into Va. We would be entering Va., via the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge, (one of my favorite places ).
Our Journey into Va., had been
relatively easy most of the day. We stopped on the Bay Bridge at the
observation deck, and then, when we were almost over the bridge we
stopped on the fishing pier so that the children could see the ships and
read a bit of the history of the building of the bridge.
Our traffic woes began after we left
the Bay Bridge. We were entering Hampton VA., and the traffic was
horrendous along these last few miles of highway into Williamsburg. I
managed to get a few pictures of some interesting looking trees while
waiting almost a half hour to merge onto a lane of highway, that we
thought was going to speed our trip a bit. However, the further along
the way that we traveled the deeper the traffic became.
We finally pulled into our hotel hours
past our estimated time. Even though we were all hungry I don't think
that any of us had the energy to find a place to eat.
Once we unpacked and the kids had a
chance to check out the indoor pool we headed to a nutritious dinner of
Kentucky Fried Chicken. The restaurant had much to be desired, but it
was food.
Finally back to the room and off to
bed to begin our days of adventures in Va.
