Useless Facts/Chit Chat Thread

[PolynesianPixie]

We camped at Newport News campground right outside of Williamsburg, but really close to everything! It was a nice place. Well stocked lake, lots of trails and bike paths, acceptable CS (no FW, though!).We'll be back! A few pics:

This was our site...pardon the mess, I took the pic when we were packing up:

Right near the CS, sat this sign:

This is what the sign was talking about. The pic doesn't even come close to capturing the scope of it. This "trench' was huge!

To keep kids from eroding history.....they put in a nice playground:

My only complaint about this campground is the proximity to the trains. I am an extremely light sleeper and every whistle woke me up. Traffic noise from nearby 64 was a little disturbing, too. My family didn't notice, however. DH calls me Princess and the pea.

 

[seabee]

We had a great weekend camping at Lanier. Now I'm sitting here drinking coffee out of my Fort Wilderness mug, catching up on disboards and counting down the days until we leave for the Fort...ahhhhh

Ok, now back to work...

I too am having coffee out of my fort mug I should be out walking to make up for the "willpowerless"(my own word) weekend I had. Anyway, got a question for you all. As I have mentioned DH just got an electric wheelchair to use instead of his manual one. We were talking about our Disney trip and how he is able to go on certain rides with the manual chair. Now, the Buzz ride for instance, do you think he will be able to go on with the electric chair? It is not an ECV, it is a wheelchair. He is in the same position as his manual, actually it is a little skinnier then the manual because of the wheels. It is just electric. Something we were thinking about, and I thought I would run it by you all. MK is really the only park that has rides for him to go on and I would hate to have him and the kids miss out because I opted for ease with him being in the electric. Thanks for your help.

 

[seabee]

Ami, that looks like a nice place. We have been talking about going to Williamsburg, I wanted to over April vacation. Our girls love historical destinations. I thought they would like Jamestown, and Williamsburg, and of course we might try and hit Busch Gardens. Have you guys been to Jamestown? What are your thoughts? This is something I am hoping to do within a year or so.

 

[Shannone1]

Where are all the snow mountains?? i don't remember the snow melting before May when I lived there

LOL....it's not THAT cold where we are. Now the U.P on the other hand has been known to have snow into June some years.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

Ami, that looks like a nice place. We have been talking about going to Williamsburg, I wanted to over April vacation. Our girls love historical destinations. I thought they would like Jamestown, and Williamsburg, and of course we might try and hit Busch Gardens. Have you guys been to Jamestown? What are your thoughts? This is something I am hoping to do within a year or so.

I love Jamestown! It is my favorite area of the historic triangle! It is very much a living history museam with lots of neat places to explore! Plus, they really jazzed it up last year for the 400th anniversary! Williamsburg is also fantastic. I really enjoy walking down the streets, looking at the architecture and gardens and the beautiful horses! The shops are fun and with everyone in costume you really get a feel for the history! Aside from Disney, it is one of my most favorite places to go!

 

[clkelley]

Speaking of mugs. We actually wandered into our local Disney Store (which is closing by the end of June), and I scored an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit mug for about $7.00.

There was absolutely NOTHING else there I was remotely interested in. I'm not upset at all that our store is closing. Although ours was one of the stores that was not remodeled. It still had the Disney characters in the window and the huge video wall and the plush mountain. But when they ditched most of the adult items, good books, videos, animation cells and watches, I quickly lost interest.

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

We camped at Newport News campground right outside of Williamsburg, but really close to everything! It was a nice place. Well stocked lake, lots of trails and bike paths, acceptable CS (no FW, though!).We'll be back! A few pics:

This was our site...pardon the mess, I took the pic when we were packing up:

Right near the CS, sat this sign:

This is what the sign was talking about. The pic doesn't even come close to capturing the scope of it. This "trench' was huge!

To keep kids from eroding history.....they put in a nice playground:

My only complaint about this campground is the proximity to the trains. I am an extremely light sleeper and every whistle woke me up. Traffic noise from nearby 64 was a little disturbing, too. My family didn't notice, however. DH calls me Princess and the pea.

I was amazed at the size of the breastworks when we visited the Cold harbor battlefield. All that earth was moved with some shovels, plates and whatever else they had that would scrape earth.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

I can't imagine how they looked without 140 years of rain and wind!

 

[Shannone1]

I love Jamestown! It is my favorite area of the historic triangle! It is very much a living history museam with lots of neat places to explore! Plus, they really jazzed it up last year for the 400th anniversary! Williamsburg is also fantastic. I really enjoy walking down the streets, looking at the architecture and gardens and the beautiful horses! The shops are fun and with everyone in costume you really get a feel for the history! Aside from Disney, it is one of my most favorite places to go!

I haven't been anywhere in that part of the country yet. We are hoping to take an east coast camping trip in a couple of years and we want to spend some time in those places on our way. I am going to Washington D.C next month for the first time with my dd 8th grade trip. Other than Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum and the forts in Mackinaw....there aren't a lot of historical places of interest around here.

But we do have lots of other beautiful places to visit in Michigan so you should all come check us out. Plus we could use the tourist dollars

 

[Colson39]

Been a long time since I've visited any of the Civil War battlefields, will have to take Reilly one day. Great pics!

 

[PolynesianPixie]

I haven't been anywhere in that part of the country yet. We are hoping to take an east coast camping trip in a couple of years and we want to spend some time in those places on our way. I am going to Washington D.C next month for the first time with my dd 8th grade trip. Other than Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum and the forts in Mackinaw....there aren't a lot of historical places of interest around here.

But we do have lots of other beautiful places to visit in Michigan so you should all come check us out. Plus we could use the tourist dollars

When you do, let me know and I'll give you some tips! I grew up outside of DC (Annapolis) and still love to go. Once you pay for hotel/parking/food/metro everything else to do is free! All the museams are great, the zoo is nice and despite being metropolitan, there is a lot of green in the area! I hope the cherry trees are still in bloom on the mall when you go! They are a gorgeous sight!!!!!

Michigan? Where's Michigan? That is one state I've never been to. I need to remedy that!

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

We visited Virginia a few years ago and toured the fields from the 7 days campaign. They also crisscross areas that were important in the siege of Richmond when Grant campaigned South from the Wilderness. It was the first time I traveled VA as an adult and we will definetly go back. My next trip will be of the Northern VA areas around Fredricksburg.
We stopped on the way to Florida during the Christmas 06 trip and toured the Chickamauga battlefield and we went to Gettysburg last summer.

If you stand on the ground described in the books it takes on a whole new dimension, knowing how the soldiers lived and what they endured is very moving.

 

[AuburnJen92]

Yikes! Temper, temper on the discussion on those articles! I see where the F offs are coming from! People need to chill!

ok, i feel vindicated, someone else knows how they act...

 

[mrsgus06]

i'm back. in a nutshell.

7. French women typically have smaller thingies, or there are too many implants in the us.

I was amazed at the size of the breastworks when we visited the Cold harbor battlefield. All that earth was moved with some shovels, plates and whatever else they had that would scrape earth.

obviously, yall were not in the same place! Or, BDD is amazed too easily! Pete you need to visit the battlefield so you can be amazed too.

Sorry, I have finished my exercising (because Stacktester deemed me fat) so I am bored. Heaven knows those 5 laundry baskets in the laundry room need my attention, but today I suffer from add. I will try harder to amuse myself. That is all.

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

Heres a shot from one of the round tops looking down at the Devils den on a hot hazy early July day, about the same weather as during the battles.

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

i'm back. in a nutshell.

7. French women typically have smaller thingies, or there are too many implants in the us.




obviously, yall were not in the same place! Or, BDD is amazed too easily! Pete you need to visit the battlefield so you can be amazed too.

Sorry, I have finished my exercising (because Stacktester deemed me fat) so I am bored. Heaven knows those 5 laundry baskets in the laundry room need my attention, but today I suffer from add. I will try harder to amuse myself. That is all.

Pretty bad when a Yankee knows the correct terms and a citizen of the first secession state doesnt......

 

[Gatordad]

I was in France, not the battlefield.

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

I was in France, not the battlefield.

I was calling out MrsGus.

 

[mrsgus06]

We left for a reason, but nooooooo, yall had to beat us up and make us come back. We the northerners and wait for the day that the south will rise again!

Hey, I told you I was bored.

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

We left for a reason, but nooooooo, yall had to beat us up and make us come back. We the northerners and wait for the day that the south will rise again!

Hey, I told you I was bored.

I wasnt up here then, my kin were in AL,MS and TN