In November we took a week and drove down to Norfolk, VA for work. Just as anywhere in this area of the country, there is plenty of history to take in. The week was beautiful weather wise, and our hotel was right next to Guy Fieri’s Smokehouse Restaurant, which according to Lee, is the best pulled pork sandwich ever.

We also had dinner at one of our favorite Irish Pub’s, Grace O’Malley’s https://irishpubnorfolk.com/

There is lots of great food and Sightseeing in Norfolk.

Driving home we decided to stop a night in Williamsburg, VA. There is so much to see and do there, it is on our bucket list to go back when we can spend more time. We did spend the day at the Yorktown Battlefield. We drove the Colonial Parkway from our hotel to Yorktown—- a beautiful and historic drive. We drove east that took us through swamps and open fields where French and Continental armies camped during the siege in 1781. The historical Park includes 8, 677 acres. Most of it provides habitat for native plants and wildlife.

Once there we went to the visitor’s center and small Museum. Again, it’s another place you could spend days. We drove the Battlefield tour which included the British Inner Defense Line, Grand French Battery, Second Allied Siege Line, Redoubts 9 and 10 ( the capture of them was final straw in the defeat of Cornwallis’ army) the Moore House (a historic building that was the site of negotiations for the British General Cornwallis’s surrender) and the Surrender Field (here is where the British layed down their arms in surrender to George Washington.). The battle at Yorktown was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War… gaining the title of “Where America Was Born”.

https://www.nps.gov/york/index.htm