Another cousin visit

 Well, I think we have visited the last cousin of Jackie. At lease on her mothers side. Spent 3 nights about 25  miles south of Fredricksburg Va. Jackie's cousin Carlene and her husband George live on Lake Anna, which is about 30 miles west of where we are parked. The lake is beautiful and has is shaped so that there are many creeks and coves to explore. They have a boat dock that is covered and a sitting area. We went for a few hour boat ride with them and can see why they enjoy living there. The little known bonus of visiting Jackie's cousins is I had another good meal. Today we move to Damascus Maryland, which is just outside Washington DC. Will be there from the 5th-18th of May. Will be staying at Fred and Cyndy"s place, they have a 3 acre lot, so shouldn't a problem parking. Fred and I served together in the Air Force in the late 60's, early 70's at Vandenburg AFB. Next week on the 11th Carl who we also served with will be flying in for a week. Will be touring DC, so should have lots of info to share. Weather is warm and humid and some thunderstorms night before last. Pepper is doing ok. Walking slow and breathing hard but over all she is hanging in there. She does not like the heat and humidity either.

Richmond Va and Jackie's Cousin

We just spent the week at the Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield Va. Jackie's cousin Daphne and her husband Paul live only a couple miles from the park. We had a real nice visit with her cousin. Had dinner with them several times and also went to their friends home Rich and Connie who also were great hosts. Rich tried to get me drunk but my strong will power won out. Thanks for the great meals. We also toured Richmond, went to the state capital and to the Hollywood Cemetery. At the state capital we went on a guided tour. The statue of George Washington is an exact likeness of him. The sculptor met with him and measured him to get exact size of him. He was 6'-2". The sculptor also made a mold of his face to make the statue as close to him as possible At the Hollywood Cemetery (Hollywood name came from the Holly trees). There are 83,000 graves at the cemetery and it includes two of our past Presidents. The cemetery opened in 1847 and the 1st burial was in 1849 an infant. Some of the gravestones date back prior to 1847 because many were relocated to this one due to growth of the town. The picture of the grave site with the iron structure around it is James Monroe and it is called the Birdcage. The other pictures are of John Tyler. There are thousands of Confederate soldiers buried here including 2000 from Gettysburg.

Today we moved about 60 miles north of Richmond to visit with, get ready for this, another cousin of Jackie's. I was asked if Jackie has a cousin in every state and the answer is apparently yes. We then move on Saturday to Damascus Md. It is just east of Washington DC. Going to be there for 2 weeks visiting with a friend of mine. Weather has been a little stormy with some rain. Now it has gotten warm with humidity.  

Quick post

Jackie's brother John suggested that I post short updates between my other posts. That is what this is. We left Fayetteville NC today and drove 211 miles north to just outside Richmond Va. We are going to spend a week here visiting Jackie's cousins. We are staying in Pocahontas State Park and it is only 2 miles from her cousin. Nice park with afternoon shade which may come in handy. We did a state count today and this is our 14th state since we took off. Spent time in each except Alabama, we drove through without stopping, about 60 miles. But we had wheels on the ground.

Update

Test post

Heading to Fayetteville NC

We spent a week in a little town called Dillon which is just about 5 miles south of the North Carolina border.  Today we are moving only 65 miles north to Fayetteville to visit with Jessi. We have known her since she was about 3 years old and she now lives in Fort Bragg. Her husband is in the Army and currently deployed to Afghanistan. We will be there for 3-4 nights, then on to Richmond Virginia area to visit more of Jackie's cousins. I was asked yesterday by a friend Carl, "Does Jackie have a relative in every state?" It seems that way. The pictures are from the rv park where we spent the week. The park named Bass Lake Rv Park has a small lake that you can fish. We thought about it but after watching several people fish and them not catching anything but turtles, the mosquitoes, the black snakes and water moccasins and that big sign gator in lake thought the hazards were greater than the reward. 

Paula Deans in Savannah

We went to Paula Deans restaurant in Savannah which is call The Lady and Sons. Went there for lunch and had the buffet. The food was just ok, typical of a buffet. The fried chicken was a little dry and the mac and cheese was also dry and didn't have much flavor. But while we were there we found out that her sons actually run the place. We should have ordered off the menu. As you can see by the line out the door it is a popular tourist attraction. Glad we went but wouldn't go again. We are still in South Carolina and will be moving to Fayetteville Nc  on Monday. Just spending the week looking at some of the small towns and getting in a little golf. Tomorrow we are going to Hartville SC to the South Carolina Genealogical Society. I have family that lived in the area back in the 1700's, so we are trying to find info on them. The best place to start will be the local tavern and jail. Had to get it from someone.