Yeh, I’m always up for looking at airplanes.  🙂  And even though the rain has already caught up to me, it at least is just an on/off thing instead of a constant cloudy downpour day after day. So I took advantage of the mostly-sunshine to visit the aviation museum at the Blue Grass airport in … More Aviation Museum of Kentucky

A very nice wildlife park in Lexington KY with several miles of trails. There’s nothing I like more than a walk in the woods.  🙂 Some photos. ​The park ​Bullfrog ​Cicada. I could hear zillions of them all around me, but this is the only one I saw ​Butterfly on thistle ​Another sky flower ​And … More Raven Run Wildlife Preserve

Well, the clouds and rain reached me this morning in Lynchburg, so I scooted further west to Lexington KY, the nearest place where it was still sunny and had lots of things to see. Weather forecast here has just a couple days of rain mid-week. If the gods smile on me, it will stop raining … More Greetings from Kentucky

Monticello, the Virginia plantation home of Thomas Jefferson, was first built in 1768, then rebuilt when the original burned down in 1770. At its peak it had 5,000 acres and 400 slaves. When Jefferson died in 1826 he was deep in debt, and the house was sold—it was purchased by a US Naval Commodore named … More Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

James Monroe purchased this plantation in 1793 at the suggestion of his political mentor Thomas Jefferson, who lived just a few miles away at Monticello. A portion of the main house was destroyed by a fire, but Monroe lived here until 1825, when he was forced to sell it to pay off debts. He moved … More James Monroe’s Highland House

The tobacco plantation at Montpelier was originally built in 1764, and inherited by James Madison when he was in the House of Representatives. Madison returned to Montpelier after his two terms as President, and died there in 1836. His wife Dolly sold the plantation in 1844, and after changing hands a few times it was … More James Madison’s Montpelier

Well, it was still raining when I got up this morning and is supposed to keep raining all week. Fuck that. So I started up the van and went west till I found blue sky. That turned out to be Lynchburg VA. So here I am, across the street from Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University again, … More Relocated

This is a cool little place. Just a tiny museum tucked in the back of a piano store, but it has a very nice collection of some interesting stuff. I had a good time here. Some photos. ​Inside the museum ​Encore Banjo—a self-playing instrument. 1897. ​Pipe organ ​Organ grinder “monkey organ” from the Ukraine ​Hurdy-Gurdy … More Virginia Music Museum

Well, I’ve been getting rained on for four days now, and it’s supposed to keep raining for the rest of the week. Since there’s not enough sunlight to keep my solar panel happy, it has gone on strike and I can’t charge my house battery. Luckily there’s a Burger King here where I can at … More And I Wonder, Still I Wonder, Who’ll Stop the Rain?

Famous as “Colonial Williamsburg”, there’s lots to see here. Alas, it is raining, and is supposed to keep raining for most of the week. So it may be a while before I get to go see anything, since all the stuff i wanna see is “outside” stuff. In the meantime, I’ll be likely hanging out … More Greetings From Williamsburg